Memory phrase for the Kanji: 死

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Left: Bones 歹 (vertebrae or rib), right: sitting person 匕 under the ground 一

Under the earth are already the bones of a sitting person. This means death.

歹	bare bone	Bones 歹 (vertebrae or rib) or variant of sitting person 夕,匕 under ground 一.
匕	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).*

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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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