# 死 death

夕 (evening) + (heel) + 一 (one/line radical)
★★★★★
6 strokes

## Onyomi

SHI |

## Mnemonic

| Evening, plus heel, plus one line on top- which we'll consider a GIRDER for the purposes of this mnemonic! SHE died last evening from having her heel crushed under a falling girder.

## Kunyomi

し*ぬ | to die ★★★★★

## Jukugo

死体(したい) | corpse ★★★☆☆ 死 (death) + 体 (body) = 死体 (corpse)
死刑(しけい) | death penalty ★★☆☆☆ 死 (death) + 刑 (penalty) = 死刑 (death penalty)
死神(しにがみ) | god of death - the Grim Reaper ★☆☆☆☆ KUNKUN NOKURI 死 (death) + 神 (GOD kanji) = 死神 (god of death - the Grim Reaper)
死姦(しかん) | necrophilia ☆☆☆☆☆ ABU 死 (death) + 姦 (rape) = 死姦 (necrophilia)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
花 | flower | POLLEN |
死 | death | EVENING | 夕

For the sake of this mnemonic, let's call the 2 vertical strokes on the flower's top radical . . . 2 spores of pollen.

The poison flower has POLLEN that you're breathing,

and then it makes you die in the EVENING.

## Used In

- 葬

## Synonyms

to do your best, to try your hardest 一生懸命 努力 必死 奮闘