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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N4

229 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: death, die

Kunyomi: し.ぬ, し.に-

Onyomi: シ

Composition: 歹 匕

死

Radical

Radical: 歹

Reading: がつ

Meaning: death, decay

Strokes: 4

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Examples

Examples with audio

死去(しきょ)   death

死刑(しけい)   death penalty

死後(しご)   after death

死体(したい)   corpse

脳死(のうし)   brain death

必死に(ひっしに)   desperately

死亡する(しぼうする)   die

殉死する(じゅんしする)   die a martyr

戦死する(せんしする)   die in war

即死する(そくしする)   die instantly

死ぬ(しぬ)   die

Onyomi Examples

死 (シ) death, (an) out, death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

死因 (シイン) cause of death

安楽死 (アンラクシ) euthanasia

病死 (ビョウシ) death from disease, death from illness

Kunyomi Examples

死ぬ (しぬ) to die, to pass away, to lose spirit, to lose vigor, to look dead, to cease, to stop

死ぬ気で (しぬきで) all out, like hell, like crazy, desperately, expecting to die

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