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死
death · die · dead
N4On: しKun: し
Memory Aid
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
Example Sentences
彼は昨日、静かに死んだ。
He died quietly yesterday.
その事故で多くの人が死んだ。
Many people died in that accident.
死は人生の一部です。
Death is a part of life.
彼女は必死で勉強した。
She studied desperately.