| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
229 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- muerte
- morir
Portuguese
- morte
- dados
French
- mort
- mourir
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1222 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 滅亡 【メツボウ】 downfall, ruin, collapse, destruction
- 滅罪 【メツザイ】 expiation
- 隠滅 【インメツ】 destruction (esp. of evidence), spoliation, suppression, hiding, concealment
- 衰滅 【スイメツ】 decline, downfall, ruin(ation)
Kun reading compounds
- 滅びる 【ほろびる】 to go to ruin, to go under, to fall, to be destroyed, to die out, to become extinct, to perish
- 滅ぶ 【ほろぶ】 to be ruined, to go under, to perish, to be destroyed
- 滅ぼす 【ほろぼす】 to destroy, to overthrow, to wreck, to ruin
Readings
- Korean:
- myeol
Spanish
- extinguirse
- apagarse
- estropearse
- ser destruido
- ser devastado
- estropear
- destruir
- devastar
- demoler
Portuguese
- destruir
- arruinar
- extinguir
- golpe
French
- anéantir
- détruire
- ruiner
- renverser
- périr
| 1848 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1387 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2660 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1228 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1488 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1338 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1421 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1500 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1237 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 812 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 475 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 606 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 371 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18008 | Morohashi |
| 660 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3279 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 365 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 390 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1642 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 359 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a10.26 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 3315.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6ec5 | Unicode hex code |