to be buried with the dead / to die for a cause

殉 character breakdown

ten days / ten years / full period

= + : Mnemonic symbol: to fast for ten days.

Xu Xian (xu) has been fasting for ten days now (旬). He tries to get by just by absorbing the sun's (日) energy, but as he is sun bathing in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) and a fat elephant (勹) walks by he cannot help but bite the elephant's leg.
bad / wicked / evil / Kangxi radical 78

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a wicked witch.

Don Quixote (d) is hypnotized by a wicked witch (歹) playing her flute (一) in the airplane (ai3). She's playing her magic flute in order to sedate Don Quixote, so that her bats (夕) can drink his blood.

Characters with 殉 as component

殉 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 殉

to die in the line of duty
to sacrifice oneself in a just cause / a victim of a disaster
to die together in the name of love / to sacrifice oneself for love
to bury sth along with the dead / sacrificial grave goods
to die for one's country
(of servants etc) to be buried alive with the deceased; (of utensils etc) to be buried with the dead
to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc)
to die in the course of performing one's duty (idiom)
to die for one's religion
to be buried alive as sacrifice (together with husband or superior)
to die for a just cause

Sentences with 殉

殉 currently does not appear in any sentence.