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死
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death

HSK 3 N3
Human →Actions →Change
sǐ
シ
し.ぬ、し.に-
사
Depicts a person (人) mourning over a carcass (歹).
Components
歹 malicious+ 人 person =
死 death
歹 Iconic component
dǎi malicious
bad, vicious, depraved, wicked
Depicts a carcass.
人 Iconic component
rén person
man
Depicts a person.
Notes
Similar Characters
列 line up歼 wipe (simp)殁 die (simp)殂 to die殃 calamity殄 end殆 perilous殇 young (simp)殉 die for cause殊 dissimilar残 incomplete (jp)殍 to starve to death殒 perish (simp)殓 dress corpse for burial (simp)殖 breed殗 repeated殘 incomplete (trad)殚 entirely (simp)殛 to put to殞 vanish (trad)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
死
Regular
Modern
Chinese
死 [sǐ]
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
Japanese
死 し 同音

noun

  1. death
  2. baseball (an) out
  3. historical death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
Korean
사 [死]
Noun
death; The act of dying.
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
人は生まれるやいなや、死に向かう。
As soon as man is born, he begins to die.
CHINESE WORDS (200)
死亡 [sǐ​wáng] #735
to die
该死 [gāi​sǐ] #430
Damn it!
该死 [gāi​sǐ] #430
Damn it!
杀死 [shā​sǐ] #981
to kill
杀死 [shā​sǐ] #981
to kill
死者 [sǐ​zhě] #1,412
the dead
死刑 [sǐ​xíng] #2,934
death penalty
死去 [sǐ​qù] #1,417
to die
生死 [shēng​sǐ] #4,657
life or death
死人 [sǐ​rén] #5,689
dead person
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 死ぬ [しぬ] #166
to die
⭐ 必死 [ひっし] #779
frantic
⭐ 死体 [したい] #3,065
dead body
⭐ 死亡 [しぼう] #4,240
death
⭐ 死者 [ししゃ] #4,449
dead person
死に [しに] #4,791
dying
⭐ 死人 [しにん] #6,382
corpse
⭐ 必死になって [ひっしになって] #6,716
desperately
⭐ 死後 [しご] #7,137
after death
死ぬほど [しぬほど] #7,386
to death (bored, scared, etc.)
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KOREAN WORDS (44)
사망 #2,720
death; passing away; being killed
사형 #5,674
death penalty; capital punishment
사인 #7,029
cause of death
사자 #8,957
dead person; decedent; the dead; the deceased
사형수 #27,846
death row inmate; prisoner on death row
사망자 #27,918
the dead; casualty; victim
익사 #28,491
drowning
사상자 #28,557
casualty
사후 #32,488
time after death
객사
dying away from home
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