shī

corpse

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A person () who is dead ().

Components

SoundMeaning component
shī sitting person
Meaning component
die

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyijl̥̥[ə]j corpse

說文解字

《說文》:“屍,終主。从尸,从死。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica