die

Components

Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad

death

Sound component
yī, yīn number one

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqiːɡs

說文解字

死也。从歺壹聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica