縊い首しゅ

い

しゅ

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Formal or technical term for death by hanging oneself. Often used in medical, legal, or news contexts.

警けい察さつは現げん場ばの状じょう況きょうから縊い首しゅと判はん断だんした。
The police determined it was a suicide by hanging based on the scene.
縊い首しゅによる

死し

亡ぼう

が

増ぞう

加か

し

て

いる

と

いう

報ほう

告こく

が

ある

。

There are reports that deaths by hanging are increasing.

首くび吊つり
首吊り is a more common and colloquial term for hanging, often used in everyday speech, while 縊首 is formal and technical.
縊い死し
縊死 is a broader medical term for death by hanging (including accidental or homicidal), whereas 縊首 specifically refers to suicide by hanging.

Compound of 縊 (i, 'to strangle') and 首 (shu, 'neck'). The reading is on'yomi, and the term is used in formal or technical contexts.