Memory phrase for the Kanji: 死
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死 |
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Meaning
| death, die
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Pronunciation |
SHI
shinu |
Explanation |
Left: Bones 歹 (vertebrae or rib), right: sitting person 匕 under the ground 一 |
Mnemonic
| Under the earth are already the bones of a sitting person. This means death.
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Radicals
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歹
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bare bone | Bones 歹 (vertebrae or rib) or variant of sitting person 夕,匕 under ground 一. |
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匕
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sitting person | The Radical sajinohi means "spoon". But due to its appearance is typically used as a "sitting person". In few cases however, it is understood as claws (i.e. of a bear). |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 死ぬ |
しぬ |
to die |
| 死体 |
したい |
corpse |
| 死骸 |
しがい |
dead body |
| 必死 |
ひっし |
inevitable death, desperation, frantic |
| 死亡 |
しぼう |
death, mortality |
| 死刑 |
しけい |
death penalty, capital punishment |
| 生死 |
せいし |
life and death |
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