Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 死
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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
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死
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to die, impassable | (inflexible) |
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歹
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bad, wicked | |
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匕
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spoon, ladle | (In 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)) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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 |
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