shī

corpse

A person () who is dead ().

Components
尸 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

shī

  

sitting person

死 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

die

Evolution

屍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
屍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

shī

corpse, carcass; corpse

Most common words with 屍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

尸体

dead body

corpse

僵尸

gyonshi

验尸

autopsy

死尸

a corpse