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
Radical: 歹
Reading: がつ
Meaning: death, decay
Strokes: 4
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
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
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