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逝

departed
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingセイ
Kun readingゆ.く、い.く
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Verbs with «逝»

逝く

Meanings

  1. departedRtK
    祖父は祖母がぽっくり逝ってから急に老け込みました。After Grandma's sudden death, Grandpa began to age rapidly.tatoeba
    ご尊父のご逝去に対し、謹んで哀悼の意を表します。Please accept my condolences on the death of your father.tatoeba
  2. die
    ああ、彼女は若くして逝ってしまった。Alas, she died young.tatoeba
    兄が急逝したのは２年前、義姉は一人兄の遺した小さな宝飾店を健気に守ってきた。Since my brother died suddenly two years ago, my sister-in-law has valiantly kept going the small jewellery store he left her.tatoeba
  1. death
  2. passing

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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fold · finger · fingers · axe (斤) · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1213

Compound words

急逝きゅうせい
sudden death; unexpected death
逝去せいきょ
death; passing
永逝えいせい
death
遠逝えんせい
going afar
善逝ぜんぜい
Sugata (the well-gone; epithet of Buddha)
早逝そうせい
dying young
長逝ちょうせい
death
夭逝ようせい
premature death
薨逝こうせい
death (of a nobleman)
逝くゆく
to die; to pass away
逝け面いけめん
exceptionally ugly man
逝けメンいけめん
exceptionally ugly man
騅逝かずすいゆかず
things going contrary to one's wishes

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 逝

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step