Chinese Character 死 Meanings and components.

Form

死

Meaning

死 meaning[3] in English

To Die.

Impassable.

Uncrossable.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 死 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bad (歹) , and dagger (匕)

Its radical[1] is: 歹 (dai3) which means: Bad, Wicked, Evil, Kangxi Radical 78, .歹dai3bad

In cangjie it is written with MNP

How to write 死

To write死si3to die you should write a combination of 歹dai3bad , 匕bi3dagger arranged in a 吅 shape:

歹 + 匕 = 死

死 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 死 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 死, looks as follow:

死
Pinyin:si3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Die . Impassable . Uncrossable . Inflexible . Rigid . Extremely . Damned
歹
Pinyin:dai3
Meaning[3]: Bad . Wicked . Evil . Kangxi Radical 78
夕
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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