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Kanji: 死
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KANJI

死

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KUN 訓

しぬ

ON 音

シ

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:	歹 Radical name: いちた
Meaning:	Death, die
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 250 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	死(し)ぬ	to die
N3	死亡(しぼう)	death, mortality
N3	必死(ひっし)	inevitable death, desperation, frantic, inevitable result
N2	死体(したい)	corpse
N1	死(し)	death, decease
N1	死刑(しけい)	death penalty, capital punishment
N1	生死(せいし)	life and death

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