death

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates as a pictograph depicting human bones or a corpse, embodying the concept of death and decay. It is used to form characters related to death, corpses, or mortality.

Mnemonic: The shape resembles human bones—the death radical marks all characters tied to loss and mortality.

• 歼jiān🔊

  to annihilate

  7 strokes

• 歾mò🔊

  to end

  8 strokes

• 殁mò🔊

  to end

  8 strokes

• 残cán🔊

  to destroy

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 殂cú🔊

  to die

  9 strokes

• 殃yāng🔊

  calamity

  9 strokes

• 殄tiǎn🔊

  to exterminate

  9 strokes

• 殆dài🔊

  (literary) dangerous; perilous

  9 strokes

• 殇shāng🔊

  to die in childhood

  9 strokes

• 殈xù🔊

  damage egg so it does not hatch

  10 strokes

• 殉xùn🔊

  to be buried with the dead

  10 strokes

• 殊shū🔊

  (literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass

  10 strokes