Word Meaning

shi

死 is read as し (shi) and means (an) out.

Meaning

English

  1. (an) out
  2. death
  3. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

Reading

Kana

Romaji

shi

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 6 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Antonyms , Related Words 死ぬ,亡くなる,死亡,逝去,故人,遺体,亡骸,葬儀 Rank 11410 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

死人

しにん

corpse

死ぬ

しぬ

to cease

死体

したい

dead body

死者

ししゃ

dead person

死去

しきょ

death

死生

しせい

life and death

死語

しご

dead language

死後

しご

after death

死に体

しにたい

hopeless situation

死海

しかい

Dead Sea

死力

しりょく

desperate effort

死別

しべつ

bereavement

Example Sentences

10

そのとりはさむさでしんだ。

The bird died from the cold.

そふはきゅうじゅっさいでしんだ。

My grandfather died at the age of ninety.

そのかんじゃはさくやしにました。

The patient died last night.

しのいみについてかんがえた。

I thought about the meaning of death.

かれはしをおそれていない。

He is not afraid of death.

しんださかながかわにういていた。

A dead fish was floating in the river.

しぬまえにいちどそこへいきたい。

I want to go there once before I die.

しょくぶつがみずぶそくでしにそうだ。

The plant looks like it is going to die from lack of water.

かれのとつぜんのしはみんなをおどろかせた。

His sudden death surprised everyone.

Fuck you!