必死

ひっし

frantic, desperate

Mnemonic

Certain death, used as an adverb. A hissed ひっし question, asked the way you ask when there is no second go: ひっし.

Worth knowing

必死に is desperately or frantically. Literally certain death, which is about the tone of it.

Built from

必

certain, necessary

A heart with a stroke driven clean through it.

死

death

歹 bare bones with a figure folded over beside them.

Words sharing these kanji

必要 necessary, needed 必ず without exception, always, certainly 死ぬ to die 死 death 死体 corpse, body

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