屍

See also: 尸

Translingual

Han character

屍 (radical 44 尸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸一弓心 (SMNP), four-corner 7721₁, composition ⿸尸死)

1. corpse, carcass

References

• KangXi: page 301, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7688
• Dae Jaweon: page 598, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 971, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5C4D

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Chinese

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trad.		屍
simp.		尸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shī (shi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹
• Min Nan (POJ): si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ
    • Wade-Giles: shih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹
    • Yale: sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
    • Tâi-lô: si
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (屍, reconstructed)
Character (屍), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 書 (26) Final: 脂 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 式之切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɕiɪ/	/ɕi/	/ɕi/	/ɕi/	/ɕi/	/ɕi/	/ɕjɪ/
Character (屍), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 書 (26) Final: 脂 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 矢利切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɕiɪH/	/ɕiH/	/ɕiH/	/ɕiH/	/ɕiH/	/ɕiH/	/ɕjɪH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (屍, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
屍								shī								‹ syij ›								/*l̥̥ [ə]j/								corpse
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
屍					11398					尸					脂					2										/*hli/
屍					11400					尸					脂					2					屍					/*hlis/

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Japanese

Kanji

屍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: しかばね (shikabane)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

屍 (thi, thây)

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