漢字城 Kanji Fortress

死 die

Also: death

On'yomi
シ
Kun'yomi
し-ぬ
Strokes
6
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): し-ぬ.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
死 is written in 6 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Bare bones beside a kneeling person bowing low — a scene of death.

A common word

  • 死ぬ しぬ to die

Example sentences

  • うちのいぬがきょねんしにました。

    Our dog died last year.

  • あつくてしにそうです。

    It's so hot I feel like I'm dying.

Kanji that share a part

歹 is its radical.

  • 列 file N3
  • 残 remainder N3
  • 夙 early N1
  • 殊 especially N1
  • 殉 martyr N1
  • 殖 augment N1

匕 is a component. 10 kanji share it in all.