to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
Depicts using a digging tool (歹) to bury a person (人). Based on the original meaning "to bury a person". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "die".
《說文》：“死，澌也，人所離也。从歺，从人。，古文死如此。”
to bury a person