EntryCommonWaniKani 48
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    (death from) starvation; starving to death

    餓死するくらいなら溺死したほうがましだ。
    I might as well drown as starve.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

starve, hungry, thirst

Kun
う.える
On
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1754 of 2500
Radical
eat
WaniKani
Level 48

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-8-7SKIP code
8b7.1The Kanji Dictionary
8375.0Four corner code
2859deroo
9913Unicode hex code
1-18-78JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5171Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6697New Nelson (John Haig)
1734New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2176Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1141Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1546Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1476Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1586Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1948A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1580Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44168PMorohashi
1058A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1303Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1382Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1908Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1816Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1347Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1908Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1488Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
e4Pinyin reading
aKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
48WaniKani 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