The kanji 殉: meaning, readings and stroke order

殉

Meaning: die for a cause
On reading: ジュン jun
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 10
Radical: 歹 death, decay
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hy sinh (vì nghĩa) (tuẫn)
Japanese: だいじなことのためにいのちをささげる。
Korean: 목숨을 바치다, 순직하다 (순)
Chinese: 殉职、殉身

Readings, words and example sentences

ジュン jun · on reading · less common

殉じゅん職しょく
dying in the line of duty
殉じゅん職しょくした人を追悼します。
We honor the memory of those who died in the line of duty.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.