Onyomi: シ · Kunyomi: し.に-, し.ぬ · Meanings: death, die
Kanji for death, die
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The kanji 死 combines the “weapon” radical (歹) with a component representing “person” (匕), symbolizing a person affected by death. In ancient times, it represented the end of life or mortality. 死 came to mean death, die, or cease, capturing finality and the natural end of life.
A person and death symbol — 死 means death, die, or end of life.
Imagine the end of life coming to a person — that’s 死, the kanji for death and finality.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 死 | し | death | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 死ぬ | しぬ | to die, to pass away | common JLPT-N5 Godan verb with 'nu' ending, Irregular nu verb, Intransitive verb |
| 死体 | したい | dead body, corpse, cadaver, carcass | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 死刑 | しけい | death penalty, capital punishment | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 死亡 | しぼう | death, dying, mortality | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 死亡率 | しぼうりつ | death rate, mortality rate | common Noun |
| 死刑囚 | しけいしゅう | criminal condemned to death, convict on death row | common Noun |
| 死産 | しざん | stillbirth | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 死力 | しりょく | all one's strength, desperate effort, strength one has when ready to die | Noun |
| 死後 | しご | after death | common Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |