死亡 sǐwáng▶ muerte

Stroke order

死亡 is written in 9 strokes across 2 characters.

• 死 — 6 strokes
• 亡 — 3 strokes

Senses

1. to die
2. death

Related words

• 灭亡perecer
• 死morir

死亡 is pronounced sǐwáng and means “muerte”. It is part of the HSK 6 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 死亡 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.