殉 = 歹 + 旬

殉 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “die for cause”. It is built from 歹 (bad) and 旬 (ten-day period).

Keyword: die for cause
Pinyin (Mandarin): xùn
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: die for cause, be martyr for, будь мучеником ради, умри ради дела, be martyr for
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 殉 martyrdom

Decomposition

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歹 bad
旬 ten-day period

How to find 殉 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “bad” + “ten-day period”. 殉 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 殉 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.