死 — Chinese character
死
sǐ
dead; death; impassable, inflexible
- Pinyin
- sǐ
- Radical
- 78 ⽍ (Death)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 歹 匕
- Formation
- ideographic — A person kneeling 匕 before a corpse 歹
- Japanese
- 死 as a kanji
Common words with 死
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 死亡 | sǐ wáng | to die; death |
| 杀死 (殺死) | shā sǐ | to kill |
| 死刑 | sǐ xíng | death penalty; capital punishment |
| 死者 | sǐ zhě | the dead; the deceased |
| 死去 | sǐ qù | to die |
| 打死 | dǎ sǐ | to kill; to beat to death |
| 生死 | shēng sǐ | life or death |
| 害死 | hài sǐ | to kill; to cause death |
| 致死 | zhì sǐ | to cause death; to be lethal; to be deadly |
| 要死 | yào sǐ | extremely; awfully |
| 饿死 (餓死) | è sǐ | to starve to death; to be very hungry |
| 死伤 (死傷) | sǐ shāng | casualties; dead and injured |
English words written with 死
死 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 18 · Analects 38 · Art of War 24 · I Ching 2 · Mencius 52 · Zhuangzi 180 · Doctrine of the Mean 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 6
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 33
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 42
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 50
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 67
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 74
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 75
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 76
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