死
1. Meaning and Reading
- death, die
- Onyomi : し
- Kunyomi : しぬ
2. Kanji Explanation
- 歹 : corpse
- 匕 : crouching person
From the image of a person (匕) collapsing in grief beside a corpse (歹), it came to mean ‘to die’ and ‘death’.
3. Example Words
死ぬ
しぬ
to die
人は必ず死ぬ。
People inevitably die.
死体
したい
corpse
死体が発見された。
A corpse was discovered.