| 死亡笔记 | sǐ wáng bǐ jì | Death note (Japanese: デスノート), translation of cult manga series by author ŌBA Tsugumi 大场鸫 (pen-name) and illustrator OBATA Takeshi 小畑健 | 
| 死 | sǐ | to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned | 
| 死亡 | sǐ wáng | to die / death | 
| 亡 | wáng | to die / to lose / to be gone / to flee / deceased | 
| 亡 | wáng | old variant of 亡 | 
| 笔 | bǐ | pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL:支,枝 | 
| 笔记 | bǐ jì | to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:本 | 
| 记 | jì | to record / to note / to memorize / to remember / mark / sign / classifier for blows, kicks, shots |