Today’s #kanji is #死, which is listed under the radical of #かばねへん（歹）, which indicates association with “death” or “killing.” Its original form apparently had 人 instead of ヒ.
Meaning: death
Reading: シ、し（じ）
死（シ）: death; decease; departure; demise; the end of life
死角（シカク）: a blind spot, a dead angle, a hiddlen trap
死去（シキョ）: death; decease; demise; passing away
死刑（シケイ）: capital punishment; the death penalty
死語（シゴ）：a dead language；an obsolete word
死体（シタイ）: a (dead) body, a corpse
必死（ヒッシ）（の）: frantic, desperate, frenetic, fierce
病死（ビョウシ）: death from a disease, a natural death
死（し）ぬ: to die, to pass away
犬（いぬ）死（じ）に: a wasteful sacrifice of life
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