死
death, die
Readings
On'yomi
- シ
Kun'yomi
- し.ぬ
- し.に-
Meaning
死 centers on the end of life: death and dying. It covers both the state of being dead and the process of dying.
Most common words using 死
24 of 521- 死ぬしぬN5
to die; to pass away
- 死しN1
death
- 死亡しぼうN3
death; dying; mortality
- 必死ひっしN3
frantic; frenetic; desperate
- 死刑しけいN1
death penalty; capital punishment
- 死体したいN2
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
- 死者ししゃN1
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
- 死後しご
after death
- 死人しにんN1
corpse; dead person
- 死去しきょN1
death; decease; passing away
- 戦死せんしN1
death in battle
- 死因しいん
cause of death
- 即死そくしN1
instant death
- 致死ちし
lethal; fatal
- 餓死がし
(death from) starvation; starving to death
- 生死せいしN1
life and death; life or death
- 不死身ふじみ
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
- 脳死のうしN1
brain death
- 死語しご
dead language; extinct language
- 凍死とうし
death from cold; freezing to death
- 急死きゅうし
sudden death
- 病死びょうしN1
death from disease; death from illness
- 死球しきゅう
pitch that hits the batter
- 無死むし
no outs
Study
Etymology
死 combines 歹 (remains/bones) and 匕 (a person), suggesting a person beside remains, representing death.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 歹 looks like bones or remains, and the right side 匕 is a person. Picture a person lying beside bones, representing death.
Reading mnemonic
For シ, imagine a scene of death where someone whispers 'she' is gone: she -> シ, tying the sound to the finality of death.