Memory phrase for the character: 死

死

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Meaning

death, die

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.

Radicals

歹 bare boneBones 歹 (vertebrae or rib) or variant of sitting person 夕,匕 under ground 一.
匕 sitting personThe 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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 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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