死 — death

Grade 3 kanji · 6 strokes · on'yomi shi · kun'yomi shi·nu.

Bare bones (歹) beside a bowing figure — death.

Example words

• 死ぬ — shinu — to die
• 必死 — hisshi — desperate

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