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死
JLPT N4 SL3 6 strokes Frequency: #229

Meanings

Death, Die

Radicals

歹

Decomposition

⿸歹匕

Etymology

Ideographic: A person kneeling 匕 before a corpse 歹

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 6

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
2 diagonal right-to-left
3 corner top-to-bottom
4 dot bottom-to-top
5 diagonal right-to-left
6 curve right-to-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
シ shi
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
し shi

Words Using This Kanji

462 words total
Other (20 words)
仮死 かし

(state of) apparent death

過労死 かろうし

karōshi

怪死 かいし

mysterious death

起死回生 きしかいせい

revival from the brink of death

擬死 ぎし

feigning death

急死 きゅうし

sudden death

刑死 けいし

execution

決死 けっし

preparedness for death

決死隊 けっしたい

suicide corps

枯死 こし

withering

合意情死 ごういじょうし

double suicide

黒死病 こくしびょう

plague

三死 さんし

three outs

惨死 ざんし

tragic death

死 し

death

死活 しかつ

life and death

死灰 しかい

as lifeless as cold ashes

死去 しきょ

death

死罪 しざい

capital crime

横死 おうし

violent (tragic or accidental) death

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