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死

Level II of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 180 / 2,608

Death

On’yomi
し
Kun’yomi
し
Radical
歹 Death (Kangxi 78)
School grade
3
Strokes
6

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 調 (Investigate), less common than 選 (Choose).

The yakuza kneels in the dirt where the crows finished, works the hooked spoon down inside the cracked bone and scrapes the last of the marrow out into his own mouth.

In words

死ぬ しぬ to dieN5
死 し death;deceaseN1
死亡 しぼう death,mortalityN3

死 is rank 180 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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