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Vol. 302 

Strokes 6
On-reading shi
Kun-reading shi(nu)
Meanings   to die, death

Radical: gatsuhen

Useful Compounds

Reading Meaning
shikei capital punishment, 
death
penalty
shisha the dead
shigo after one's death
shitai corpse 

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