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死亡 (sǐ wáng): meaning and stroke order

死亡 (sǐ wáng) means to die, death.

死亡

Simplified
死亡
Traditional
死亡 (same form)
Pinyin
sǐ wáng

Stroke order of 死亡

死

  • sǐ to die; impassable
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

亡

  • wáng to die; to lose
  • wáng old variant of 亡[wang2]
  • 3 strokes
  • Traditional form: 亾

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 死亡

  1. sǐ wáng
    • to die
    • death

Radicals of the characters

死
Radical 歹 (Kangxi radical 78) · 6 strokes · built from 歹 and 匕
亡
Radical 亠 (Kangxi radical 8) · 3 strokes · 亠 on top, 𠃊 below

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.

死亡 in our stories

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  • 这就是后来的“东坡肉”。一个刚刚从死亡边缘回来的人，却有心情研究怎么把肉炖得更香，这本身就很了不起。

    zhè jiùshì hòulái de dōngpōròu yí gè gānggāng cóng sǐwáng biānyuán huílai de rén què yǒu xīnqíng yánjiū zěnme bǎ ròu dùn de gèng xiāng zhè běnshēn jiù hěn liǎobuqǐ

    This became what is later known as Dongpo pork. That a man just back from the brink of death had the heart to study how to make stewed pork tastier is remarkable in itself.

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

  • 在八千米以上的“死亡地带”，每个人的体力和氧气都是按小时计算的，救一个人，很可能意味着两个人都回不去。

    zài bāqiān mǐ yǐshàng de sǐwáng dìdài měi gè rén de tǐlì hé yǎngqì dōu shì àn xiǎoshí jìsuàn de jiù yí gè rén hěn kěnéng yìwèizhe liǎng gè rén dōu huí bú qù

    In the "death zone" above eight thousand metres everyone's strength and oxygen are counted by the hour; saving someone may well mean neither of you gets back.

    From the story Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 死亡

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).