殉死

Chinese

		buried with dead; die for a cause	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
trad. (殉死)		殉	死
simp. ^#(殉死)		殉	死

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xùnsǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄙˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon¹ sei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xùnsǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄙˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syùnsǐh
  - Wade–Giles: hsün⁴-ssŭ³
  - Yale: syùn-sž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunnsyy
  - Palladius: сюньсы (sjunʹsy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seon¹ sei²
  - Yale: sēun séi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen¹ sei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên¹ séi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn⁵⁵ sei̯³⁵/

Verb

殉死

to be buried alive with the dead

Synonyms

殉葬 (xùnzàng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
殉	死
じゅん Grade: S	し Grade: 3
goon	on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じゅんし [jùńshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨ̃ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

殉(じゅん)死(し) • (junshi)

following one's master into the grave; committing suicide after the death of one's lord

See also

追腹(おいばら) (oibara, “ritual suicide following the death of one's master”)
切腹(せっぷく) (seppuku, “ritual suicide by disembowelment”)

Verb

殉(じゅん)死(し)する • (junshi suru) suru (stem 殉(じゅん)死(し)し (junshi shi), past 殉(じゅん)死(し)した (junshi shita))

to commit suicide after the death of one's lord or master

Conjugation

Conjugation of "殉死する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	殉死し	じゅんしし	junshi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	殉死し	じゅんしし	junshi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	殉死する	じゅんしする	junshi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	殉死する	じゅんしする	junshi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	殉死すれ	じゅんしすれ	junshi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	殉死せよ¹ 殉死しろ²	じゅんしせよ¹ じゅんししろ²	junshi seyo¹ junshi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	殉死される	じゅんしされる	junshi sareru
Causative	殉死させる殉死さす	じゅんしさせるじゅんしさす	junshi saseru junshi sasu
Potential	殉死できる	じゅんしできる	junshi dekiru
Volitional	殉死しよう	じゅんししよう	junshi shiyō
Negative	殉死しない	じゅんししない	junshi shinai
Negative continuative	殉死せず	じゅんしせず	junshi sezu
Formal	殉死します	じゅんしします	junshi shimasu
Perfective	殉死した	じゅんしした	junshi shita
Conjunctive	殉死して	じゅんしして	junshi shite
Hypothetical conditional	殉死すれば	じゅんしすれば	junshi sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“殉死”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026