逝
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(of flowing water or time) to pass by; to pass away; to die
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辵 +7
- Structure
- Lower-left enclosure 左下包
- Traditional
- 逝
- Common rank
- #2,413
- Unicode
- U+901D
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
pass away · Heisig RSH #934
折 discount + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 逝
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 英年早逝 | to die an untimely death (idiom); to be cut off in one's prime | |
| 转眼即逝 | to pass in an instant; over in the twinkling of an eye | |
| 岁月流逝 | as time goes by (idiom) | |
| 长逝 | to depart this life; to be no more | |
| 病逝 | to die of illness | |
| 流逝 | (of time) to pass; to elapse | |
| 逝者 | the dead; the deceased | |
| 逝世 | to pass away; to die | |
| 飞逝 | (of time) to pass quickly; to be fleeting | |
| 远逝 | to fade into the distance; (fig.) to peter out; to fade away | |
| 易逝 | passing; transient; fugitive | |
| 去逝 | to pass away; to die | |
| 逝去 | to elapse; to pass away; to die; demise | |
| 消逝 | to fade away | |
| 永逝 | gone forever; to die | |
| 仙逝 | to die; to depart this mortal coil | |
| 转瞬即逝 | (idiom) fleeting; transitory | |
| 早逝 | early demise; untimely death | |
| 稍纵即逝 | transient; fleeting | |
| 猝逝 | to die suddenly |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 折 — compare how they read.