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死

Kanji · JLPT N4 · Body and health

死 Death, Die

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

し

Mostly used when 死 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

しぬ、しに-

Mostly used when 死 stands alone; the lighter kana are written after the kanji.

Strokes
6
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary year 3
Frequency
#229

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).