EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Noun

    life and death; life or death

    その戦いは生死を賭けた戦いのようであった。
    That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.
  2. samsara (cycle of death and rebirth)

    Buddhism

  3. death

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

life, genuine, birth

Kun
い.きるい.かすい.けるう.まれるうま.れるう.まれうまれう.むお.うは.えるは.やすなまなま-な.るな.すむ.す-う
On
セイショウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
29 of 2500
Radical
life
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

あさいきいくいけうぶうまいおいぎゅうくるみごせじょうすぎそうちるなばにうにゅうもうよいりゅう

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-2SKIP code
0a5.29The Kanji Dictionary
2510.0Four corner code
2472deroo
751fUnicode hex code
1-32-24JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2991Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3715New Nelson (John Haig)
3497New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4309Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2179Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2933Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1555Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1675Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
29A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
214Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
67Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21670Morohashi
42A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
44Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
44Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34sakade
71Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
44henshall3
43Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
9crowley
49Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.4busy_people
1327Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1569Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
sheng1Pinyin reading
saengKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani 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