死

ONし

KUNし

Meanings

deathdiedead

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How to remember

The left side of the kanji is the radical for 'person' (人). The right side (歹) looks like a skeleton or a person collapsing, with their head falling off. A 'person' (人) meeting 'death' (歹).

'Shi' — sounds like 'she' as in 'She died peacefully.'

Vocabulary

死ぬしぬ

to die

死亡しぼう

death (formal)

死者ししゃ

the dead, casualty

必死ひっし

desperate, frantic

Related kanji

生病殺命亡