尸

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

The current meaning of 尸 as a Simplified Chinese character is an extension of its old meaning: idle.

Stroke order

[edit] Han character

尸 (radical 44 尸+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 尸 (S), four-corner 7720₇)

1. corpse
2. to impersonate the dead
3. to preside
4. rad. no. 44

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 299, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7630
• Dae Jaweon: page 595, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 963, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5C38

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

尸 (traditional 屍, jyutping si1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

尸 (uncommon kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: しかばね (shikabane), かたしろ (katashiro)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

尸 (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune-Reischauer si)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

尸 (traditional 屍, pinyin shī (shi1), Wade-Giles shih¹)

[edit] Compounds

尸位素餐 (Here 尸 is NOT a simplified equivalent of 屍)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

尸 (thi, thây)