死 death

6 strokes

夕 (evening) +

(heel) + 一 (one/line radical)

ONYOMI: SHI

Evening, plus heel, plus one line on top- which we'll consider a GIRDER for the purposes of this mnemonic!

SHE died last evening from having her heel crushed under a falling girder.

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KUNYOMI:

し*ぬ: to die

JUKUGO:

死体 ( したい ): corpse
死 (death) + 体 (body) = 死体 (corpse)
死刑 ( しけい ): death penalty
死 (death) + 刑 (penalty) = 死刑 (death penalty)
死神 ( しにがみ ): god of death - the Grim Reaper (KUNKUN, NOKURI)
死 (death) + 神 (GOD kanji) = 死神 (god of death - the Grim Reaper)
死姦 ( しかん ): necrophilia (ABU)
死 (death) + 姦 (rape) = 死姦 (necrophilia)

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LOOKALIKES:

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
花	flower	POLLEN
死	death	EVENING	夕

For the sake of this mnemonic, let's call the 2 vertical strokes on the flower's top radical . . . 2 spores of pollen.

The poison flower has POLLEN that you're breathing,

and then it makes you die in the EVENING.

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