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死 [sǐ] die/death; 死亡 dead/doomed; 打死 kill; 闷死 choke; 杀死 murder; 死人 corpse; 死刑 capital punishment; 拼死 risk life/death

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►sǐ 死 {A} v. die ◆attr. ①implacable; deadly ②fixed; rigid; inflexible ③impassable; closed ‖ Lù gěi dụ̌ ∼ le. 路给堵∼了。 The road is jammed. ◆adv. ①to the death; desperately ②extremely ‖ ∼ yào miànzi ∼要面子 save face at all costs ◆suf. extremely ‖ ³xiū∼ 羞∼ embarrass terribly

The Shuōwén Seal form of 死(𣦸) sǐ ‘die/death’ combines 歹(𣦵) dǎi/è ‘bad (broken bones)’ and 人 rén ‘person’; but in the modern form 人 is changed to 匕(𠤎) huà ‘change (man upside-down)’, as in 化 huà ‘change’ (cf. 化); old variant forms of 死 such as 𠒁 have 𡰤(𡰮) the old form of 歹(𣦵), suggesting an old link to 尸(𡰣) shǐ ‘corpse’; cf. 屍.
    In old Chinese philosophies, death is the ultimate change, experienced by those who transcend this world; cf. HDZ: 化: 死 (孟子‧公孙丑下).
    Compare: 匕 bǐ; 匕(𠤎) huà; 𠂈(殄) tiǎn; 屍 shī ‘corpse’.
    Older graphs associated with 死 are said to depict a person kneeling beside the grave of a loved one.
    HDZ: 死 : sǐ : (甲) 生人拜于朽骨之旁, 死之谊昭然矣; 生命终结 (ant. 生); 死刑; 拼死, 拼命; 为某事或某人而牺牲性命; 始终, 态度坚决; 固守, 抱着不放; 呆板, 不灵活; 不流通; 穷, 尽; 极甚; 过了期限, 失效; 失去知觉; 爱怜; 不可调和的; 尸 (尸体; 主, 主管 (cf. 屍));
►references: Guǎngyùn:249.04; Wieger:26h,118c; Karlgren:AD959,GSR558a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1380.6; Mathews:5589; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:578.22; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:025.1.10; EDOC:1
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-<WL>死 [sǐ] die, death; 死亡 dead/doomed; 打死 kill; 闷死 choke; 杀死 murder; 死人 corpse; 死刑 capital punishment; 拼死 risk life/death
+<WL>死 [sǐ] die/death; 死亡 dead/doomed; 打死 kill; 闷死 choke; 杀死 murder; 死人 corpse; 死刑 capital punishment; 拼死 risk life/death
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 The Shuōwén Seal form of 死(􀬈𣦸) sǐ ‘die/death’ combines 歹(􀫢𣦵) dǎi/è ‘bad (broken bones)’ and 人(􁕎) rén ‘person’; but in the modern form 人(􁕎) is changed to 匕(􁙐𠤎) huà ‘change (man upside-down)’, as in 化(􁙔) huà ‘change’ (cf. 化); old variant forms of 死 such as 𠒁(􀬉) have 𡰤(􀫣𡰮) the old form of 歹(􀫢𣦵), suggesting an old link to 尸(􁜗𡰣) shǐ ‘corpse’; cf. 屍(􁜫).
 	In old Chinese philosophies, death is the ultimate change, experienced by those who transcend this world; cf. HDZ: 化: 死 (孟子‧公孙丑下).
-	Compare: 匕(􁙕) bǐ; 匕(􁙐𠤎) huà; 𠂈(􀫾􀫽殄) tiǎn.
+	Compare: 匕(􁙕) bǐ; 匕(􁙐𠤎) huà; 𠂈(􀫾􀫽殄) tiǎn; 屍(􁜫) shī ‘corpse’.
 	Older graphs associated with 死 are said to depict a person kneeling beside the grave of a loved one.
 	HDZ: 死 : sǐ : (甲) 生人拜于朽骨之旁, 死之谊昭然矣; 生命终结 (ant. 生); 死刑; 拼死, 拼命; 为某事或某人而牺牲性命; 始终, 态度坚决; 固守, 抱着不放; 呆板, 不灵活; 不流通; 穷, 尽; 极甚; 过了期限, 失效; 失去知觉; 爱怜; 不可调和的; 尸 (尸体; 主, 主管 (cf. 屍));