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JLPT N4 SL3 6 strokes Frequency: #229

Meanings

Death, Die

Radicals

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)
shi
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
shi

Words Using This Kanji

462 words total
Other (20 words)
腐乱死体 ふらんしたい

decomposed body

決死行 けっしこう

taking action although it may result in death

死亡宣告 しぼうせんこく

declaration of death

壊死性筋膜炎 えしせいきんまくえん

necrotizing fasciitis

死亡推定時刻 しぼうすいていじこく

estimated time of death

死生学 しせいがく

thanatology

死の病 しのやまい

deadly disease

死に方 しにかた

way to die

過労自死 かろうじし

suicide brought on by excessive overwork

絞死 こうし

death by strangulation

自絞死 じこうし

suicidal ligature strangulation

乳幼児突然死症候群 にゅうようじとつぜんししょうこうぐん

sudden infant death syndrome

死にゲー しにゲー

video game in which the player is likely to die frequently

死に追いやる しにおいやる

to drive to death (e.g. by suicide)

虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す とらはししてかわをとどめひとはししてなをのこす

he has not lived that lives not after death

虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す とらはししてかわをとどめひとはししてなをのこす

he has not lived that lives not after death

老兵は死なずただ消え去るのみ ろうへいはしなずただきえさるのみ

old soldiers never die; they just fade away

裏山死刑 うらやましけい

being jealous of someone over something but also thinking they should be sentenced to death over it (esp. of male teachers having sexual relations with their students)

人は死して名を留む ひとはししてなをとどむ

he has not lived that lives not after death

恥ずか死ぬ はずかしぬ

to die of embarrassment