尸(shī): (literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)

HSK 7-93 strokesTrad. 屍

(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)

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Character informationHSK 7-9

Pinyin: shī
Meaning: (literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies); (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution); variant of 尸
Strokes: 3
HSK level: HSK 7-9
Traditional: 屍

Origin & structureWhere 尸 comes from

Pictograph⿰丿？

A man keeled over

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

丿piě
radical in Chinese characters…
Also in 么儿几少系千

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 屍: A dead 死 body 尸; 尸 also provides the pronunciation

Words with 尸most common first

shī尸tǐ体

HSK 7-9

corpse; dead body

gān干shī尸

desiccated corpse; mummified body

tíng停shī尸

to keep the body of the deceased (until burial or cremation)

quán全shī尸

intact corpse; dead body with no parts missing

fēn分shī尸

to dismember a corpse

sàng丧shī尸

zombie

shī尸jiāng僵

rigor mortis

shī尸kuài块

body parts (of a mutilated corpse)

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