Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    autopsy; post-mortem (examination); (coroner's) inquest

  2. examination of a body to determine if a crime has been committed

    see 検視

Also written 検屍【けんし】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

examination, investigate

Kun
しら.べる
On
ケン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
290 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 21

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-4-8SKIP code
4a8.28The Kanji Dictionary
4893.6Four corner code
1863deroo
691cUnicode hex code
1-24-01JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2304Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2752New Nelson (John Haig)
986New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1241Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
674Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
898Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1673Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1803Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
351A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
785Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
15065PMorohashi
663A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
531Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
540Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
771sakade
638Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
690henshall3
752Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
473crowley
792Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1101Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1689Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jian3Pinyin reading
geomKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
21WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

death, die

Kun
し.ぬし.に-
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
229 of 2500
Radical
death
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-6-1SKIP code
0a6.6The Kanji Dictionary
1021.2, 1021.1Four corner code
3256deroo
6b7bUnicode hex code
1-27-64JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2439Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2968New Nelson (John Haig)
3521New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4334Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2194Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2952Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
815Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
878Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
254A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
207Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
16365Morohashi
286A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
85Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
85Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
223sakade
205Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
302henshall3
267Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
238crowley
258Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.5busy_people
1133Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
823Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
si3Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level