01
亡くなる
なくなる
pass away
Meanings
- deceased
- the late
- dying
- perish
Readings
Onyomi
- ボウ
- モウ
Kunyomi
- な.い
- な.き-
- ほろ.びる
- ほろ.ぶ
- ほろ.ぼす
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Useful words
02
死亡
しぼう
death
03
逃亡
とうぼう
escape
04
亡命
ぼうめい
seeking asylum
05
滅亡
めつぼう
downfall
06
亡き
なき
the late
Compare Kanji
01死Meaning92%death, die死 states death directly, the clearest neighbor for 亡.02葬Meaning86%interment, bury葬 gives the funeral that follows the death sense of 亡.03忘Component82%forget忘 places 亡 above heart, turning disappearance into forgetting.04失Meaning78%lose, error失 is loss, matching the gone feeling at the heart of 亡.05盲Component74%blind, blind man盲 stacks 亡 over an eye, a clear shape link with a different meaning.06忙Component72%busy, occupied忙 also carries 亡, but heart changes the meaning to busy.