死 (sǐ)
to die; dead; extremely
How 死 is written
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 歹 — death/decay
- Traditional
- 死
- Simplified
- 死 (unchanged)
Components
- 歹 death/decay
- 匕 spoon
Common words using 死
- 凍死 dòngsǐ
- to freeze to death; to die off in winter
- 半死 bànsǐ
- half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc); (tired) to death; (terrified) out of one's wits
- 去死 qùsǐ
- go to hell!; drop dead!
- 堵死 dǔsǐ
- to block (a road); to plug (a hole); to stop up
- 害死 hàisǐ
- to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death
- 弄死 nòngsǐ
- to kill; to put to death
- 打死 dǎsǐ
- to kill; to beat to death
- 掐死 qiāsǐ
- to throttle; to strangle
- 撞死 zhuàngsǐ
- to knock down and kill sb with a car; to run over sb; to run sb down
- 暈死 yūnsǐ
- Geez!; Shoot!; No way!
- 會死 huìsǐ
- mortal
- 死亡 sǐwáng
- to die; death
死 in a sentence
我快餓死了，我們去吃飯吧！
Wǒ kuài è sǐ le, wǒmen qù chīfàn ba!
“I'm starving to death, let's go eat!”
How common is 死?
死 is the 317th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 65.9% of all running text.
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