死 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「歹」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「歹」
- On
- シし · shi
- Kun
- し(ぬ)shi(nu)
- Meaning
- death, to die
Stroke order
Origin
歹 (bones of the dead) + 匕 (a kneeling person) beside them, showing the end of life: death.
Readings and examples
| Onシしshi | 死亡しぼう死角しかく必死ひっし |
|---|---|
| Kunしぬshinu | 死ぬしぬ死に絶えるしにたえる |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 死亡しぼう
death
- 必死ひっし
desperate, frantic
- 死刑しけい
- 餓死がし
- 溺死できし
- 死骸しがい
- 瀕死ひんし
- 徇死じゅんし
Example
花が かれて 死んで しまった。
The flower withered and died.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)