死

sǐ
HSK 4
#317 most
frequent character
to die, impassable, uncrossable
verb
adjective

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

死 sets a person, 匕, beside a carcass, 歹, so the picture itself gives 'to die'. From that came the noun 'death' and the sense 'fixed, rigid'. In casual speech it also means 'extremely', as in 累死了.

Drawn as: carcass; person

死 as a component in other characters

meaning3 characters
葬毙薨

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Example Sentences

他的祖父已经死了。
tāde zǔfù yǐjīng sǐle 。
His grandfather has already died.
这条路因为洪水而死了。
zhè tiáo lù yīnwèi hóngshuǐ ér sǐle 。
This road is impassable due to the flood.
他是一个死心眼的人。
tāshì yígè sǐxīnyǎn de rén 。
He is a very inflexible person.

Grammar Points

HSK 4
Negative adjectives with "-si le"

Words with similar meanings

亡wáng
to perish
A more formal or literary term for dying.
死去sǐqù
to pass away
A softer, more euphemistic way of expressing death.

Words Starting With 死

死亡sǐ wáng
death; deadly

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