死 — kanji meaning “death”
死
death, die
- Meanings
- death, die
- On'yomi
- シ (shi)
- Kun'yomi
- し.ぬ、し.に-
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #229 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 78
- Chinese reading
- sǐ — Chinese character page
Words with 死
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 死亡 | しぼう shibou | death; dying; mortality |
| 必死 | ひっし hisshi | frantic; frenetic; desperate |
| 死刑 | しけい shikei | death penalty; capital punishment |
| 死者 | ししゃ shisha | dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead |
| 死体 | したい shitai | dead body; corpse; cadaver |
| 死去 | しきょ shikyo | death; decease; passing away |
| 死ぬ | しぬ shinu | to die; to pass away |
| 脳死 | のうし noushi | brain death |
| 戦死 | せんし senshi | death in battle |
| 死後 | しご shigo | after death |
| 生死 | せいし seishi | life and death; life or death |
| 餓死 | がし gashi | (death from) starvation; starving to death |
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