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屍
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尸
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corpse

HSK 10
Human →Body
shī
シ
しかばね
시
A person (尸) who is dead (死).
Components
尸 sitting person+ 死 death =
屍 corpse
尸 Meaning component
shī sitting person
person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies)
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死 Meaning component
sǐ death
die
Notes
Similar Characters
刷 brush尉 officer尼 nun尾 tail尿 urine屎 excrement孱 unfit尻 end of spine局 bureau屁 fart屃 gigantic (simp)屄 the vagina屈 knuckle under屌 obscene exclamation屑 bits展 unfold屙 to ease nature屠 slaughter屡 often (simp)屢 time and again (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
屍
Regular
Modern
Chinese
尸 / 屍 [shī]
corpse
Japanese
屍 、 尸 (rare) しかばね 、 かばね 、 し 同音

noun

  1. corpse
  2. kanji "corpse" radical
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (43)
尸体 [shī​tǐ] #651
dead body
僵尸 [jiāng​shī] #4,557
gyonshi
验尸 [yàn​shī] #4,194
autopsy
死尸 [sǐ​shī] #8,068
a corpse
尸骨 [shī​gǔ] #11,766
skeleton of the dead
尸检 [shī​jiǎn] #21,731
autopsy
行尸走肉 [xíng​shī​zǒu​ròu] #25,785
walking corpse (idiom)
尸首 [shī​shou] #19,935
corpse
干尸 [gān​shī] #33,431
mummy
尸骸 [shī​hái] #36,169
corpse
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JAPANESE WORDS (20)
⭐ 死体 [したい] #3,065
dead body
屍 [しかばね] #8,877
corpse
死骸 [しがい] #9,156
(dead) body
死臭 [ししゅう] #36,740
putrid smell of a corpse
検死 [けんし] #38,748
autopsy
死屍累々 [ししるいるい] #40,172
heaps of corpses all around
生ける屍 [いけるしかばね] #51,760
living corpse
死肉 [しにく] #52,170
dead flesh
死屍 [しし] #64,903
corpse
死斑 [しはん] #68,773
postmortem lividity
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KOREAN WORDS (2)
시체 #3,041
dead body; corpse
검시
autopsy; postmortem