毙 Strokes Write it Listen 毙 bì to kill; to die a violent death HSK 7–9 10 strokes Radical 比 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from比soundbǐto compare, liken; comparison; than死meaningsǐdead; death; impassable, inflexible How it works死 hints at the meaning (death), and 比 bǐ hints at the sound.