shī

corpse; variant of shī

HSK 6 #1517

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 1517th character
Radical ⼫ (44.0)
Strokes 3
Index # 59
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

尸 shī
  1. 1. corpse
  2. 2. variant of shī
  3. 3. person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies)
  4. 4. to put a corpse on display (after execution)

Stroke order

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尸 stroke order animation

Words containing 尸

Word Meaning
dead body; corpse; carcass
autopsy; postmortem examination
zombie; Chinese vampire; jiang shi
a corpse; a dead body
skeleton of the dead
dead body; corpse; carcass
corpse; skeleton
to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
mummy; dried corpse
old idea returns in new form
to keep the body of the deceased (until burial or cremation)
mortuary
morgue
botnet; zombie network; slave network (used by spammers)
(coll.) abandoned car
dead body with no parts missing; intact corpse
zombie
necrophilia
to hold a sinecure (idiom)
to hold a sinecure
to hold a sinecure
sila (Buddhism)
sila (Buddhism)
rigor mortis
body parts (of a mutilated corpse)
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