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屍

屍

See also: 尸

Translingual

Han character

屍 (radical 44 尸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸一弓心 (SMNP), four-corner 77211, composition ⿸尸死)

References

  • KangXi: page 301, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7688
  • Dae Jaweon: page 598, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 971, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5C4D

Chinese

trad. 屍
simp. 尸
alt. forms 尸

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 屍
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (尸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
杘 *l̥ʰis
尸 *hli
鳲 *hli
屍 *hli, *hlis
屎 *hliʔ, *hri

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 尸 + 死.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 屍 屍
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 式之切 矢利切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕiɪ/ /ɕiɪH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕi/ /ɕiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕjɪ/ /ɕjɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕi/ /ɕiH/
Li
Rong		 /ɕi/ /ɕiH/
Wang
Li		 /ɕi/ /ɕiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕi/ /ɕiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shī shì
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 屍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ syij ›
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥[ə]j/
English corpse

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 屍 屍
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 11398 11400
Phonetic
component		 尸 尸
Rime
group		 脂 脂
Rime
subdivision		 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 屍
Old
Chinese		 /*hli/ /*hlis/

Definitions

屍

  1. corpse; carcass   (Classifier: 具; 條／条 c)

Compounds

  • 五馬分屍／五马分尸
  • 伍員鞭屍／伍员鞭尸
  • 伏屍／伏尸
  • 借屍還魂／借尸还魂
  • 停屍／停尸
  • 停屍間／停尸间 (tíngshījiān)
  • 全屍／全尸
  • 劈屍萬段／劈尸万段
  • 屍山血海／尸山血海
  • 屍格／尸格
  • 屍橫遍野／尸横遍野 (shī héng biànyě)
  • 屍櫬／尸榇
  • 屍蠟／尸蜡
  • 屍變／尸变
  • 屍靈／尸灵
  • 屍首／尸首 (shīshǒu)
  • 屍骨／尸骨 (shīgǔ)
  • 屍骨早寒／尸骨早寒
  • 屍骨未寒／尸骨未寒
  • 屍骨無存／尸骨无存
  • 屍骸／尸骸 (shīhái)
  • 屍體／尸体 (shītǐ)
  • 戮屍／戮尸
  • 拋屍露骨／抛尸露骨
  • 挺屍／挺尸
  • 撞屍／撞尸
  • 收屍／收尸
  • 暴屍於市／暴尸于市 (pùshīyúshì)
  • 檢屍／检尸
  • 死屍／死尸 (sǐshī)
  • 殭屍／僵尸 (jiāngshī)
  • 毀屍滅跡／毁尸灭迹
  • 浮屍／浮尸
  • 焚屍揚灰／焚尸扬灰
  • 碎屍萬段／碎尸万段
  • 簡屍／简尸
  • 蒸骨驗屍／蒸骨验尸
  • 血海屍山／血海尸山
  • 行屍視肉／行尸视肉
  • 裹屍／裹尸 (guǒshī)
  • 裹屍馬革／裹尸马革
  • 詐屍／诈尸
  • 認屍／认尸
  • 走肉行屍／走肉行尸
  • 走骨行屍／走骨行尸
  • 遊營撞屍／游营撞尸
  • 陳屍／陈尸
  • 鞭屍／鞭尸
  • 馬革裹屍／马革裹尸
  • 驗屍／验尸 (yànshī)

Japanese

Kanji

屍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Noun

屍 ‎(hiragana しかばね, romaji shikabane)
(alternative reading hiragana かばね, romaji kabane)

  1. corpse; dead body

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:しかばね

Korean

Hanja

屍 • ‎(si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune-Reischauer si)

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Vietnamese

Han character

屍 (thi, thây)

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