| 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
1748 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 魂 【コン】 Yang energy, spirit
- 魂胆 【コンタン】 ulterior motive, plot, scheme, complicated circumstances, intricacies
- 鎮魂 【チンコン】 repose of a soul, ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
- 入魂 【ニュウコン】 putting one's heart and soul (into), giving one's all, breathing a soul into (e.g. a Buddhist statue), intimacy, familiarity
Kun reading compounds
- 魂 【たましい】 soul, spirit
- 魂不死説 【たましいふしせつ】 (theory of) the immortality of the soul
- 一寸の虫にも五分の魂 【いっすんのむしにもごぶのたましい】 tread on a worm and it will turn, even a tiny bug will defend itself, even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them
- 死せる魂 【しせるたましい】 Dead Souls (novel by Gogol), Myortvye dushi
- 魂 【たましい】 soul, spirit
- 魂送り 【たまおくり】 sending off the spirits of the dead
- 稲魂 【うかのみたま】 the god of foodstuffs (esp. of rice)
- 亡き魂 【なきたま】 departed soul, spirit
Readings
- Korean:
- hon
Spanish
- alma
- espíritu
- corazón
Portuguese
- alma
- espírito
French
- âme
- esprit
| 1280 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1655 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5278 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1584 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1917 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2488 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1525 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1626 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1754 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1927 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1346 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 729 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 975 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2040 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 45787 | Morohashi |
| 1063 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6835 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2021 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2177 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1746 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3057 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5f9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-10 | SKIP code |
| 1671.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-26-18 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9b42 | Unicode hex code |