死

Glyph origin
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Etymology
From.

Definitions

 * 1)  to die
 * 2)   to die for the sake of; to sacrifice oneself for; to die together with someone
 * 3) inactive
 * 4)  deadly; fatal; killing; to the death
 * 5)  very; bloody; totally
 * 6)  damned; damn
 * 7)  to disappear; to go; (as in "where the hell did ... go")
 * 8)  persistently; stubbornly
 * 9)  screwed
 * 10)  awful
 * 11)  closely; firmly; tightly
 * 1) inactive
 * 2)  deadly; fatal; killing; to the death
 * 3)  very; bloody; totally
 * 4)  damned; damn
 * 5)  to disappear; to go; (as in "where the hell did ... go")
 * 6)  persistently; stubbornly
 * 7)  screwed
 * 8)  awful
 * 9)  closely; firmly; tightly
 * 1)  very; bloody; totally
 * 2)  damned; damn
 * 3)  to disappear; to go; (as in "where the hell did ... go")
 * 4)  persistently; stubbornly
 * 5)  screwed
 * 6)  awful
 * 7)  closely; firmly; tightly
 * 1)  to disappear; to go; (as in "where the hell did ... go")
 * 2)  persistently; stubbornly
 * 3)  screwed
 * 4)  awful
 * 5)  closely; firmly; tightly
 * 1)  persistently; stubbornly
 * 2)  screwed
 * 3)  awful
 * 4)  closely; firmly; tightly
 * 1)  persistently; stubbornly
 * 2)  screwed
 * 3)  awful
 * 4)  closely; firmly; tightly
 * 1)  screwed
 * 2)  awful
 * 3)  closely; firmly; tightly
 * 1)  closely; firmly; tightly
 * 1)  closely; firmly; tightly
 * 1)  closely; firmly; tightly

Usage notes

 * The adjective 死 ("dead, inactive, etc.") cannot be used as a predicative adjective. The sentence *這隻狗死 generally does not mean "This dog is dead". For the meaning "is dead", usually the verb 死 in the perfect aspect ("to have died") is used instead:
 * The verb 死 ("to die") lacks a present meaning and denotes either past (in perfect aspect) or future (not in perfect aspect) events. It cannot be modified by the progressive aspect marker or.
 * The verb 死 ("to die") lacks a present meaning and denotes either past (in perfect aspect) or future (not in perfect aspect) events. It cannot be modified by the progressive aspect marker or.

Synonyms




Descendants
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Etymology
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Appears to be a conflation of, with an  root that happened to have a similar pronunciation to the 🇨🇬 and was probably cognate with. Compare modern 🇨🇬.

In kanji compounds, this would be considered as ; but on its own, this could be considered as either on'yomi or.

Noun

 * 1) death
 * 2)  one of the five punishments under the  system, the methods used are  and
 * 1)  one of the five punishments under the  system, the methods used are  and
 * 1)  one of the five punishments under the  system, the methods used are  and
 * 1)  one of the five punishments under the  system, the methods used are  and
 * 1)  one of the five punishments under the  system, the methods used are  and

Affix

 * 1) death, to die
 * 2) dead, unfunctional
 * 3) life-or-death situation
 * 4) dangerous, life-threatening
 * 5)  out

Etymology
From.

Etymology
Appears to be a conflation of an s- root cognate with and.

Noun

 * 1) death
 * 2) * (book 5, preface to poem 897: melancholic poem by )

Han character

 * 1) death