Phonosemantic compound. 死 represents the meaning and 敝 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (斃)
Simplified (毙)
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Historical Evolution
斃
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
斃
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
斃
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
斃
Regular
Modern
Chinese
毙 / 斃 [bì]
to die; to shoot dead; to reject; to fall forward; (suffix) to death
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
斃 てるお
Teruo unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (13)
击毙 [jībì] #11,791
to kill
枪毙 [qiāngbì] #11,801
to execute by firing squad
坐以待毙 [zuòyǐdàibì] #13,711
to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
毙命 [bìmìng] #17,035
to meet violent death
暴毙 [bàobì] #43,914
to die suddenly
倒毙 [dǎobì] #49,276
to fall dead
多行不义必自毙 [duōxíngbùyìbìzìbì] #52,115
persisting in evil brings about self-destruction (idiom)
束手待毙 [shùshǒudàibì] #52,592
to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
待毙 [dàibì] #63,664
to await death
勒毙 [lēibì]
to strangle or throttle to death
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JAPANESE WORDS (10)
⭐ 倒れる [たおれる] #758
to fall (over, down)
⭐ 倒す [たおす] #1,353
to throw down
敵を倒す [てきをたおす] #14,679
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
凶弾に倒れる [きょうだんにたおれる] #100,536
to be shot dead by an assassin
へい死 [へいし] #129,971
falling dead
倒る [たおる] #191,206
to fall
転かす [こかす]
to knock down
斃れて後已む [たおれてのちやむ]
duty ends only in death
斃仆 [へいふ]
falling dead
斃牛馬 [へいぎゅうば]
(right to acquire) dead horses and cattle (Edo period)