Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
death, decay 歹 (歺)
Parts:
death, die
Kun:
し.ぬし.に-
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
229 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 死 【シ】 death, (an) out, death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
  • 死因 【シイン】 cause of death
  • 安楽死 【アンラクシ】 euthanasia
  • 病死 【ビョウシ】 death from disease, death from illness

Kun reading compounds

  • 死ぬ 【しぬ】 to die, to pass away, to lose spirit, to lose vigor, to look dead, to cease, to stop
  • 死ぬ気で 【しぬきで】 all out, like hell, like crazy, desperately, expecting to die

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si3
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • muerte
  • morir

Portuguese

  • morte
  • dados

French

  • mort
  • mourir
223 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
302 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
286 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
254 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2439 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
207 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
205 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.5 Japanese for Busy People
85 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
85 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
258 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1133 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4334 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2194 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2952 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
823 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16365 Morohashi
3521 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2968 New Nelson (John Haig)
815 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
878 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
238 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
267 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3256 2001 Kanji
0a6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-1 SKIP code
1021.1 Four corner code
1021.2 Four corner code
1-27-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b7b Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
punish, penalty, sentence, punishment
On:
ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
864 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 刑 【ケイ】 penalty, sentence, punishment
  • 刑事 【ケイジ】 (police) detective, criminal matter
  • 量刑 【リョウケイ】 judge's sentence, assessment of a case
  • 求刑 【キュウケイ】 recommended sentence, prosecution's demand for punishment

Readings

Japanese names:
おさか、 ぎょう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing2
Korean:
hyeong

Spanish

  • pena
  • sentencia
  • castigo

Portuguese

  • Punir
  • penalidade
  • sentença
  • punição

French

  • peine
  • sanction
  • condamnation
  • punition
1193 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
848 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
670 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1001 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1091 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
258 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
887 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
908 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1052 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
185 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1024 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
555 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
734 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
686 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1886 Morohashi
830 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
461 New Nelson (John Haig)
679 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
734 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1061 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3243 2001 Kanji
2f4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-2 SKIP code
1240.0 Four corner code
1-23-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5211 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
enclosure
Parts:
Variants:
captured, criminal, arrest, catch
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2107 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 囚 【シュウ】 imprisonment, captive, prisoner
  • 囚人 【シュウジン】 prisoner, convict
  • 確定死刑囚 【カクテイシケイシュウ】 criminal condemned to death, convict on death row
  • 罪囚 【ザイシュウ】 prisoner, convict

Kun reading compounds

  • 囚われる 【とらわれる】 to be caught, to be captured, to be taken prisoner, to be arrested, to be apprehended, to be seized with (fear, etc.), to be a slave to, to stick to, to adhere to, to be swayed by

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu2
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • esclavitud
  • prisión
  • cautividad
  • esclavizar
  • encarcelar

Portuguese

  • cativo
  • criminoso
  • prisão
  • pegar

French

  • capturer
  • criminel
  • arrêter
  • attraper
  • prison
1353 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1830 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1024 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1538 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1146 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1195 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1258 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1717 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
336 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3776 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1926 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2618 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1027 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4680 Morohashi
3042 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
937 New Nelson (John Haig)
1018 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1094 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1044 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1262 2001 Kanji
3s2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
6080.0 Four corner code
1-28-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56da Unicode hex code