死

die; death

6 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 229.

Readings

• シ (on reading): 死去 (しきょ) death; 死 (し) death
• しぬ (kun reading): 死ぬ (しぬ) to die; 死神 (しにがみ) god of death
• しに (kun reading): 討ち死に (うちじに) death in battle; 死にかかる (しにかかる) to be dying

Components

• 歹
• 匕
• 一 radical one
• 匕 radical spoon
• 夕 radical evening
• 歹 radical death; bare bone

Kanji containing 死

• 葬 interment
• 屍 corpse
• 薨 die
• 斃 kill

Words using 死

• 死去 (しきょ) death
• 死 (し) death
• 死亡 (しぼう) death
• 死後 (しご) after death
• 戦死 (せんし) death in battle
• 死ぬ (しぬ) to die
• 死神 (しにがみ) god of death
• 凍え死ぬ (こごえしぬ) to freeze to death
• 溺れ死ぬ (おぼれしぬ) to die by drowning
• 焼け死ぬ (やけしぬ) to be burnt to death
• 討ち死に (うちじに) death in battle
• 死にかかる (しにかかる) to be dying
• 飢え死に (うえじに) (death from) starvation
• 九死に一生 (きゅうしにいっしょう) narrow escape from death
• 若死に (わかじに) early death
• 生死輪廻 (しょうじりんね) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth
• おっ死ぬ (おっちぬ) to die

532 words in all.

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