死

death, die

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

し.に-し.ぬ

Stroke Order

6 / 6

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:6

JLPT:N4

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

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