死(sǐ)

HSK 36 strokes

to die

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Character information

Pinyin
sǐ
Meaning
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 死 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿸歹匕

A person kneeling 匕 before a corpse 歹

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

歹dǎi匕bǐ

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper left.

How to write 死 step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 死

Common words using 死 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zuò作sǐ死

to court disaster; also pr. [zuo1si3]

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jiǎ假sǐ死

suspended animation; feigned death; to play dead

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xiōng凶sǐ死

to die in violence

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yī一bǎ把sǐ死ná拿

stubborn

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yī一tán潭sǐ死shuǐ水

a pool of stagnant water

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bù不zhī知sǐ死huó活

to act recklessly (idiom)

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jiǔ九sǐ死yī一shēng生

nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape

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nǐ你sǐ死wǒ我huó活

lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries

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作假凶一把拿潭水

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