死
death, die
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
6 / 6
Information
Grade:3
Strokes:6
JLPT:4
Frequency:229
Vocabulary
シ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安楽死 | アンラクシ | euthanasia |
| 起死回生 | キシカイセイ | revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization |
| 急死 | キュウシ | sudden death |
| 死因 | シイン | cause of death |
| 死活 | シカツ | life and death; life or death; life and death (of a group of stones) |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 死 | し | death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments) |
| 死ぬ | しぬ | to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop |
| 死ぬ | ﾀﾋぬ | to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop |
| 死人 | しびと | corpse; dead person |
| 生死 | しょうじ | life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
列
column, file, rank, row, tier
Grade 3JLPT 3
序
beginning, chance, incidentally, occasion, order, precedence, preface
Grade 5JLPT 1
売
sell
Grade 2JLPT 4
壱
one (in documents)
Grade 8JLPT 1
返
answer, fade, repay, return
Grade 3JLPT 3
太
big around, plump, thick
Grade 2JLPT 3
少
few, little
Grade 2JLPT 4
犬
dog
Grade 1JLPT 4
殉
follow by resigning, martyrdom
Grade 8JLPT 1
葬
bury, interment, shelve
Grade 8JLPT 1