Is Higuruma really dead?

Is Higuruma really dead?

Just ended the manga. I like to analyse everything logically (and I have a lot of unpopular opinion like the one with plot armour is Yuji for me and not Sukuna but I’m not here for that and a lot of theories based on mythological Sukuna) and this doubt haunts me so I’m not coping or anything.

Is Higuruma really dead? Is head is not chopped off, the weapon has not been returned to Sukuna and we can see that his body is taken away. Sukuna itself says he has Gojo potential and his cuts doesn’t seems so destructive.

(I read in my native language so I cannot quote specifically words or weapons so help me with this)

It seems I’m one of those few people who is liking the story as it is but Higuruma death would be just a wasted potential.