Keyword
deceased
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig524
Readings
ぼう
(48%)
(43%)
もう
(3%)
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 (119 in total)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
Examples (199 in total)
He died at the age of 71.
Didn't you know that he passed away about two years ago?
A bunch of people died in the explosion.