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Death Spoon Die Radical Bones 死 シ し.ぬ、し.に

Kanji
Onyomi
Kunyomi し.ぬ、し.に-
English death, die
Examples 死亡(しぼう): (1) death; mortality (2) to die; to pass away
死刑(しけい): death penalty; capital punishment
必死(ひっし): (1) frantic; desperate (2) inevitable death (3) brinkmate (inevitable checkmate) (shogi)
死体(したい): dead body; corpse; cadaver
生死(せいし): (1) life and death (2) samsara (cycle of death and rebirth) (3) death
死(し): (1) death; decease (2) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)
死ぬ(しぬ): to die
JLPT Level 4
Jouyou Grade 3
Frequency 229
Components 歹: bare bone; bad; wrong; death radical (n. 78)
匕: spoon; spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
Number of Strokes 6
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 78
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading がつ・がってん・がつへん・かばね・かばねへん・いちたへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword death
Koohii Story 1 Ok, this is where knowing some Eastern culture comes in handy! In Japanese society, when someone dies they creamate the body and pick out the remaining bones with special chopsticks. In this case, they´re out of chopsticks so they decide to use (gasp!) a spoon instead.
Koohii Story 2 Imagine the grim reaper (the bringer of death), carrying a spoon made of human bones instead of a scythe.

Tags: jlpt.n4, grade3, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_body_health.illness

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