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to kill; to die a violent death

🔤 Pictophonetic: 死 (death) provides meaning, 比 provides pronunciation
HSK 10 strokes Common (26%)

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to compare, liken; comparison; than
💡 Ideographic: Two spoons 匕 side-by-side; 匕 also provides the pronunciation
4 strokes HSK 2
dead; death; impassable, inflexible
💡 Ideographic: A person kneeling 匕 before a corpse 歹
6 strokes HSK 4