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Chinese symbol for “dead”

死者
sǐ zhě
the dead; the deceased

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dead is 死者 (sǐ zhě), defined as: the dead; the deceased.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

死 sǐ
dead; death; impassable, inflexible
radical 78 ⽍ · 6 strokes
者 zhě
that which; they who; those who
radical 125 ⽼ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “dead”

WordPinyinMeaning
逝者shì zhěthe dead; the deceased
异物 (異物)yì wùrarity; rare delicacy
没电 (沒電)méi diàndischarged; flat

Related words

Other words that share a character with 死者.

WordPinyinMeaning
死亡sǐ wángto die; death
杀死 (殺死)shā sǐto kill
死刑sǐ xíngdeath penalty; capital punishment
死去sǐ qùto die
打死dǎ sǐto kill; to beat to death
记者 (記者)jì zhěreporter; journalist; 个 (gè)
或者huò zhěor; possibly; maybe; perhaps
作者zuò zhěauthor; writer

See also: Japanese symbol for “dead”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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