The kanji 逝: meaning, readings and stroke order

逝

Meaning: pass away
On reading: セイ sei
Kun reading: ゆ（く） yuku、い（く） iku
Strokes: 10
Radical: 辵 walk
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: qua đời, đi mãi (thệ)
Japanese: しぬことをていねいにいうことば。
Korean: 세상을 떠나다 (서)
Chinese: 逝世、去世

Readings, words and example sentences

セイ sei · on reading · less common

急きゅう逝せい
sudden death
急きゅう逝せいの知らせが届きました。
News of a sudden death has arrived.

ゆ（く） yuku · kun reading · less common

逝ゆく
to pass away
しずかに 逝ゆきました。
He passed away peacefully.

い（く） iku · kun reading · less common

逝いく
to pass away
祖母が 逝いって 十年になります。
It has been ten years since my grandmother passed away.

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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.