死神

Chinese
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
simp. and trad.
(死神)		 死 神

Pronunciation

Noun

死神

  1. god of death; Grim Reaper
  2. (figuratively) death

Japanese
Kanji in this term
死 神
し(に)
Grade: 3		 かみ > がみ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 死に神

Etymology

Compound of 死に (shini, “dying”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 死ぬ shinu, “to die”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god, spirit”).[1][2] The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

死神 (hiragana しにがみ, rōmaji shinigami)

  1. a god or spirit who leads humans toward their death
  2. God of Death, Grim Reaper
  3. (tarot) Death

Coordinate terms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
死神

Noun

死神 • (sasin) (hangeul 사신)

  1. Hanja form? of 사신 (“Death (personified), God of Death, Grim Reaper”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
死神

Noun

死神

  1. Hán tự form of tử thần (“Death (personified), God of Death, Grim Reaper”).
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