尸

shī

“Corpse” in Chinese is 尸 (shī).

Other characters with the syllable shi: see all 42 →

Meaning

bound formcorpse
(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies)
(literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution)

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variant of 屍|尸[shi1]

Example

这就是发现尸体的房间。

This is the room where the body was found.

From 尸体 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

3 strokes

Words containing 尸

尸体shītǐcorpse; dead bodyHSK 7-9

More HSK 7-9 characters

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