| Chinese Text Project |
| 死 U+6B7B |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 𠑾 Semantic variant | 𣥴 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 歹+ 2 strokes = 6 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.249#4 Kangxi: p.578#22 Cihai: p.740r6c06 GSR: 558.a Hanyu: v2,p1380#06 |
| Composition: | Left: 歹, right: 匕. Compositionally related: 𭭽 . Component of: 㱝 屍 㘸 𢍈 𭇟 𭜨 毙 㰷 𣨀 𣑘 𤽨 𥥱 𭮓 𭻏 𫪔 𬆗 臰 𦎄 𣨰 𬆘 [More] |
| Mandarin: | sǐ ㄙˇ |
| Cantonese: | sei2 si2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *sǐ |
| Shuowen: | 《死部》死：澌也，人所離也。从歺从人。凡死之屬皆从死。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·旨·死》死：《說文》曰：澌也，人所離也。息𡛷切，一。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·歹部·二》死：〔古文〕𠑾𣥴《廣韻》息姊切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》想姊切，𠀤斯上聲。《白虎通》死之言澌，精氣窮也。《釋名》死者，澌也，若冰釋澌然盡也。《莊子·知北遊》人之生，氣之聚也。聚則爲生，散則爲死。《關尹子·四符篇》生死者，一氣聚散耳。《禮·曲禮》庶人曰死。《禮·檀弓》君子曰終，小人曰死。又《周禮·天官·疾醫註》少曰死，老曰終。又《山海經》有不死國，在南海大荒中。《郭璞贊》赤泉駐年，神木養命。稟此遐齡，悠悠無竟。又圓丘山有不死樹。《郭璞贊》萬物暫見，人生如寄。不死之樹，壽蔽天地。又《山海經》流沙之東，黑水之閒，有不死山。又《劉孟會云》祖州海島產不死草，一株可活一人。又姓。自、死、獨、膊，代北四姓也。見《氏族略》。又叶息利切，音四。《宋玉·九辯》願徼𡴘而有待兮，泊莽莽與埜艸同死。叶上至。《說文》从人作𣦸。又𣦹，同。 |
| Fanqie: | 息𡛷 (《廣韻·上聲·旨·死》) |
| Unihan definition: | die; dead; death |
Example usage
| 《論語·為政》: | 死葬之以禮，祭之以禮。 |
| That, when dead, they should be buried according to propriety; and that they should be sacrificed to according to propriety. | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 王子有其母死者，其傅為之請數月之喪。 |
| 'At that time, the mother of one of the king's sons had died, and his tutor asked for him that he might be allowed to observe a few months' mourning. | |
| 《禮記·三年問》: | 哀痛未盡，思慕未忘，然而服以是斷之者，豈不送死者有已，復生有節哉？ |
| The sorrow and pain were not yet ended, and the longing loving thoughts were not yet forgotten; but in the termination of the mourning dress in this way, was it not shown that there should be an end to the duties rendered to the dead, and that the time was come for the resumption of their duties to the living? | |
| 《孝經·喪親》: | 三日而食，教民無以死傷生。 |
| After three days he may partake of food, for thus the people are taught that the living should not be injured on account of the dead. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 或曰：「先生生無以養也，死無以葬也，如之何？」 |
| The other said: If in life a gentleman lacks the means to support himself and dies without the means to be buried, then what is to be done? | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 中於機辟，死於罔罟。 |
| Till it is caught in a trap, or dies in a net. | |
| 《道德經》: | 谷神不死，是謂玄牝。 |
| The valley spirit dies not, aye the same; The female mystery thus do we name. | |
| 《商君書·農戰》: | 今夫螟螣蚵蠋春生秋死，一出而民數年乏食。 |
| Now, for example, if various kinds of caterpillars, which are born in spring and die in autumn, appear only once, the result is that the people have no food for many years. | |
| 《孫子兵法·始計》: | 孫子曰：兵者，國之大事，死生之地，存亡之道，不可不察也。 |
| Sunzi said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 無三王之法，天下不待亡，國不待死。 |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 石聲磬磬以立辯，辯以致死，君子聽磬聲則思死封疆之臣。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 《春秋》修本末之義，達變故之應，通生死之志，遂人道之極者也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 傳曰：夫行露之人許嫁矣，然而未往也，見一物不具，一禮不備，守節貞理，守死不往，君子以為得婦道之宜，故舉而傳之，揚而歌之，以絕無道之求，防汙道之行乎！ |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 吾主言其不出而死乎！ |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 陰卑無外事，是以有「三從」之義：未嫁從父，既嫁從夫，夫死從子。 |
| 《新書·官人》: | 知足以謀國事，行足以為民率，仁足以合上下之驩，國有法則退而守之，君有難則進而死之，職之所守，君不得以阿私託者，大臣也。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 至十二年，上從破黥布軍歸，疾益甚，愈欲易太子，留侯陳不聽，因疾不視事，太傅叔孫通稱說引古，以死爭太子，上佯許之，猶欲易之。 |
| 《中論·法象》: | 季路遭亂，結纓而後死白刃之難。 |
| 《孔子家語·相魯》: | 制為養生送死之節。 |
| 《潛夫論·遏利》: | 鄧通死無簪，勝、跪伐其身。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 晏子所遭，可謂大矣，直兵指胸，白刃加頸，蹈死亡之地，當劍戟之鋒，執死得生還。 |
| 《太玄經·釋》: | 次八，震于利，巔仆死。 |
| 《風俗通義·六國》: | 水因為張儀所欺，客死於秦。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣名》: | 諱死，謂之大行。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 民不畏死，不可懼以罪，民不樂生，不可觀以善，雖使禼布五教，咎繇作士，政不行焉。 |
| 《忠經·冢臣章》: | 夫忠者，豈惟奉君忘身，狥國忘家，正色直辭，臨難死節已矣。 |
| 《新語·無為》: | 夫法令者、所以誅惡，非所以勸善，故曾、閔之孝，夷、齊之廉，豈畏死而為之哉？ |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 表者，不需頭，上言臣某言，下言臣某誠惶誠恐，頓首頓首，死罪死罪。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 孝武帝幸館陶公主家，召見董偃，偃傅青褠綠幘，主贊曰：主家庖人臣偃昧死再拜謁，上為之起，乃賜衣冠，引上殿。 |
| 《墨子·經說上》: | 劍尤甲1，死生也。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 《黃帝書》曰：「谷神不死，是謂玄牝。」 |
| 《鶡冠子·博選》: | 所謂天者，物理情者也，所謂地者，常弗去者也，所謂人者，惡死樂生者也，所謂命者，靡不在君者也。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 無為為之而合乎生死，無為言之而通乎德，恬愉無矜而得乎和，有萬不同而便乎生。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 以不可得、不可行者，所以善吾死。 |
| 《列仙傳·馬師皇》: | 知馬形生死之診，治之輒愈。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 谷神不死，谷，養也。 |
| 《韓非子·初見秦》: | 臣聞不知而言不智，知而不言不忠，為人臣不忠當死，言而不當亦當死。 |
| 《慎子·知忠》: | 臣之欲忠者不絕世，而君未得寧其上，無遇比干、子胥之忠，而毀瘁主君於闇墨之中，遂染溺滅名而死。 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 宜藏而不藏，霧氣陽陽，宜死者生，宜蟄者鳴，不藏之害也。 |
| 《公孫龍子·跡府》: | 王之令曰：『殺人者死，傷人者刑。』 |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 若以備進戰退守，而不求能用者，譬猶伏雞之搏狸，乳犬之犯虎，雖有鬥心，隨之死矣。 |
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