Memory phrase for the character: 死

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bad, wicked 歹 (= vertebrae or rib) and sitting person 匕 under the ground 一

If the bones of the sitting person are under the earth, this means: to die.

死	to die, impassable	inflexible
歹	bad, wicked
匕	spoon, ladle	In the explanations this radical is also used as a sitting person. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)

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死亡	sǐ wáng	death; deadly
掐死	qiā sǐ	to throttle; to strangle
生死攸关	shēng sǐ yōu guān	matter of life and death
猝死	cù sǐ	sudden death (in medicine, sporting competitions etc)
溺死	nì sǐ	to drown
梗死	gěng sǐ	blockage; obstruction; infarction
鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已	jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ	to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life; with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day
冻死	dòng sǐ	to freeze to death; to die off in winter
垂死挣扎	chuí sǐ zhēng zhá	deathbed struggle; final struggle (idiom)
鹿死谁手	lù sǐ shéi shǒu	to whom the deer falls (idiom); the one to emerge victor (i.e. to seize the empire); prize winner; champion
死刑	sǐ xíng	death penalty
死刑	sǐ xíng

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