Memory phrase for the Kanji: 死

死

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Meaning

to die, impassable, inflexible

Pronunciation

 sǐ

Explanation

 bad, wicked 歹 (= vertebrae or rib) and sitting person 匕 under the ground 一

Mnemonic

 If the bones of the sitting person are under the earth, this means: to die.

Radicals

死 to die, impassableinflexible
歹 bad, wicked
匕 spoon, ladleIn the explanations this radical is also used as a sitting person. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
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Vocabulary

 死亡  sǐ wáng  death; deadly
 掐死  qiā sǐ  to throttle; to strangle
 生死攸关  shēng sǐ yōu guān  matter of life and death
 猝死  cù sǐ  sudden death (in medicine, sporting competitions etc)
 溺死  nì sǐ  to drown
 梗死  gěng sǐ  blockage; obstruction; infarction
 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已  jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ  to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life; with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day
 冻死  dòng sǐ  to freeze to death; to die off in winter
 垂死挣扎  chuí sǐ zhēng zhá  deathbed struggle; final struggle (idiom)
 鹿死谁手  lù sǐ shéi shǒu  to whom the deer falls (idiom); the one to emerge victor (i.e. to seize the empire); prize winner; champion
 死刑  sǐ xíng  death penalty
 死刑  sǐ xíng  

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