死し

死し亡ぼうN3sense 1
死亡 is the formal, official term used in medical or legal reports, while 死 is the broader, everyday word for death.
死し刑けいN1sense 3
死刑 is the modern legal term for the death penalty, while this sense of 死 refers specifically to the death punishment under the old ritsuryō code.
死し去きょN1sense 1
死去 is a polite term used especially in obituaries and announcements, while 死 is neutral and can sound blunt.
死しに
死 is the standard, more formal noun for 'death,' while 死に is used mainly in compounds and colloquial set phrases about the act or manner of dying.

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デス
死 is the native Japanese word for 'death' used in formal and everyday speech, while デス is a loanword confined to stylized, gaming, or subculture contexts.
終つい
死 is the plain, direct word for 'death', whereas 終 is a softer, poetic way to refer to the end of life.
終しゅう焉えん
死 is the plain, neutral word for death, whereas 終焉 is a formal, often literary euphemism used in writing or news.

Opposites· 5

生せいN1sense 1
生 means life, the direct opposite of 死, which means death.
不ふ死し
不死 means never dying, while 死 refers to death itself, making the two direct opposites.
誕たん生じょうN3
死 (death) is the natural opposite of 誕生 (birth) when talking about a person's life.

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命いのちN3
命 means life, the vital force of existence, while 死 means death, its direct opposite.
生せい命めいN3
死 (death) is the direct opposite of 生命 (life) in the sense of being alive versus dead.

Politeness

逝せい去きょhonorific 尊敬語sense 1
逝去 is an honorific term used to respectfully refer to someone else's death, whereas 死 is the plain, neutral word for death.

Don't confuse with

四しN5
死 (death) shares the reading し with 四, which is why 四 is often read よん instead to avoid the association.

Word family· 227

死しぬN5
die; pass away · lose spirit; look dead; be exhausted · cease; stop; die out
死し亡ぼうN3
death; dying; mortality
死しに
dying; death · dead; useless · damned; damn
必ひっ死しN3
frantic; desperate; with all one's might · inevitable death; certain death · brinkmate; inevitable checkmate
死し刑けいN1
death penalty; capital punishment

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死し体たいN2
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
死し者しゃN1
dead person; the deceased; casualties
死し後ご
after death; posthumous
死し人にんN1
dead person; corpse
死しに神がみ
god of death; death deity; Grim Reaper
死し去きょN1
death; passing away
戦せん死しN1
death in battle; killed in action
死し因いん
cause of death
即そく死しN1
instant death; dying on the spot
致ち死し
lethal; fatal; causing death
餓が死し
starvation; starving to death
瀕ひん死し
on the verge of death; dying; moribund
生せい死しN1
life and death; life or death · samsara; cycle of death and rebirth · death
死し傷しょう
death and injury; casualties
事じ故こ死し
accidental death
死し角かく
blind spot · dead angle; dead ground; dead space; sector without fire
不ふ死し
immortality; eternal life · undeath; undead
死し骸がい
dead body; corpse; carcass; remains
死し滅めつ
extinction; annihilation; dying out
壊え死し
necrosis
死し闘とう
life-or-death struggle; mortal combat
溺でき死し
death by drowning; drowning
不ふ死じ身み
invulnerability; immortality; insensitivity to pain
死し守しゅ
defend to the death; desperate defense; stubborn defense
脳のう死しN1
brain death

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Written forms

死しUsage100%
Standard kanji form; high-frequency in news and general use.
シUsage<1%

Etymology

The kanji 死 is a pictograph of a person kneeling beside skeletal remains, representing death. The reading し is the native Japanese term for death, of ancient origin.