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处死 (chǔ sǐ): meaning and stroke order

处死 (chǔ sǐ) means an execution, to put sb to death.

处死

Simplified
处死
Traditional
處死
Pinyin
chǔ sǐ

Stroke order of 处死

处

  • chǔ to reside; to live
  • chù (bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect
  • 5 strokes
  • Traditional form: 處

Stroke by stroke

死

  • sǐ to die; impassable
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 处死

  1. chǔ sǐ Traditional 處死
    • an execution
    • to put sb to death

Radicals of the characters

处
Radical 夂 (Kangxi radical 34) · 5 strokes · built from 夂 and 卜
死
Radical 歹 (Kangxi radical 78) · 6 strokes · built from 歹 and 匕

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

处死 in our stories

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  • 这就是历史上有名的“乌台诗案”。他在狱中关了一百三十天，好几次以为自己要被处死，甚至给弟弟写好了诀别诗。

    zhè jiùshì lìshǐ shàng yǒumíng de Wūtái Shī'àn tā zài yù zhōng guān le yìbǎisānshí tiān hǎojǐ cì yǐwéi zìjǐ yào bèi chǔsǐ shènzhì gěi dìdi xiě hǎo le juébié shī

    This is the famous "Crow Terrace Poetry Case". He was held for 130 days, several times believed he would be executed, and even wrote farewell poems to his brother.

    From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 处死

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).