殉 Kanji - Meaning, Readings, Stroke Order

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

歹部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ジュン

Common Readings

ジュン

Example sentences

彼は自らの信念に殉じる覚悟で、困難な任務に挑んだ。

He challenged the difficult mission with the determination to sacrifice his life for his beliefs.

その警察官は職務中に殉職した。

That police officer died in the line of duty.

その聖人の殉教を信徒たちは今も語り継いでいる。

Believers still pass down the story of that saint's martyrdom.

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殉

Kanji

Example sentences

Example Vocabulary

殉じる

殉職

殉教者

殉ずる

殉教

殉死

殉職者

殉国

殉難

殉難者

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