屍

See also: 尸

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 屍
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (尸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
杘	*l̥ʰis
尸	*hli
鳲	*hli
屍	*hli, *hlis
屎	*hliʔ, *hri

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 尸 + 死.

Pronunciation 1

trad.		屍
simp.		尸*
alternative forms		尸

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 屍

1. corpse; carcass (Classifier: 具; 條／条 c)

Pronunciation 2

trad.		屍
simp.		尸*

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìh
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴
    • Yale: shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyh
    • Palladius: ши (ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: syijH

Rime
Character	屍
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	矢利切
Baxter	syijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiH/
Li Rong	/ɕiH/
Wang Li	/ɕiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hlis/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	屍
Reading #	2/2
No.	11400
Phonetic component	尸
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	屍
Old Chinese	/*hlis/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 屍

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Japanese

Kanji

屍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. corpse; cadaver

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: かばね (kabane, 屍); しかばね (shikabane, 屍)

Alternative forms

• 尸

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
屍
かばね Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.

Appears to be a compound. Ultimate derivation unknown.

Alternative forms

• 尸 (mainly used for compounds, like 尸所 (kabane-dokoro))

Noun

屍(かばね) • (kabane) 

1. a corpse, a cadaver

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
屍
しかばね Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Compound of 死 (shi, “death; dead”) +‎ 屍 (kabane, “corpse”). Not used in the Man'yōshū; appears to be a later development.

Alternative forms

• 尸 (mainly used for compounds, like 尸冠 (shikabane kanmuri))

Noun

屍(しかばね) • (shikabane) 

1. a corpse, a cadaver
   • 2014 July 5, “オベリスクの巨(きょ)神(しん)兵(へい) [Obelisk the Giant God Soldier]”, in :Template:laja [Memories of the Duel King －Battle City Edition－], Konami:

     その者(もの)、降(こう)臨(りん)せしむれば、灼(しゃく)熱(ねつ)の疾(しっ)風(ぷう)大(だい)地(ち)に吹(ふ)き荒(あ)れ、生(い)きとし生(い)ける者(もの)すべて屍(しかばね)とならん。

     Sono mono, kōrinseshi mureba, shakunetsu no shippū daichi ni fukiare, ikitoshiikeru mono subete shikabane tonaran.

     Once this being descends with burning winds sweeping over the land, all living things shall turn into corpses.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:屍

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Korean

Hanja

屍 • (si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune–Reischauer si)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 屍 (thi, thây)

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