Keyword
deceased
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig524
Readings
ぼう
(49%)
な
(41%)
もう
(4%)
なき
(3%)
ほろ
(1%)
Composed of
lid
picture frame
Mnemonic

The burial urn of the deceased person is blocked by a picture frame with a nice photograph of them... all you can see of the urn is the lid.

Used in kanji (20 in total)
hope
forget
wild
busy
Used in vocabulary (128 in total)
to die; to pass away
death; dying; mortality
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
Examples (200 in total)
Did your older sister pass away?
Even now that he has passed away, I still love him dearly.
It seems he was already dead when he was found.