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殉 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「歹」

道
準2High school level ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「歹」
On
ジュンじゅん · jun
Kun
—
Meaning
die for a cause

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Death plus following round: to die in attendance on one’s lord or one’s duty.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onジュンじゅんjun殉死じゅんし殉職じゅんしょく殉難じゅんなん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 殉職じゅんしょく

    dying in the line of duty

  • 殉難じゅんなん

    martyrdom

More words with this kanji

  • 殉じるじゅんじる

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

火災(かさい)で消防(しょうぼう)士(し)が殉職(じゅんしょく)した。

A firefighter died in the line of duty in the blaze.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

殉職殉難殉職job難diffic…死death殀to die…歿to die殆almost殄to ext…准quasi-循circul…旬ten-da…巡patrol徇to pro…
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Compound

Map of radical 歹Map of reading ジュンAll maps

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