屍

See also: 尸
屍 U+5C4D, 屍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C4D
← 屌
[U+5C4C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 屎 →
[U+5C4E]

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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hli, *hlis): phonetic 尸 (OC *hli) + semantic 死.

Pronunciation 1

trad. 屍/尸*
simp. 尸*
Rime
Character 屍
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 脂 (15)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 式之切
Baxter syij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɕiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɕi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɕjɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɕi/
Li
Rong 		/ɕi/
Wang
Li 		/ɕi/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɕi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		si1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 屍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shī
Middle
Chinese 		‹ syij ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l̥[ə]j/
English 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 屍
Reading # 1/2
No. 11398
Phonetic
component 		尸
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*hli/

Definitions

屍

  1. corpse; carcass (Classifier: 具 m; 條／条 c)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 屍體 (“corpse”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 屍
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 屍體, 屍身, 屍首, 屍骨, 屍骸, 死屍, 死人, 遺體
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 遺體, 屍首兒, 埋體 Hui
Taiwan 屍體, 大體 polite
Chengde 遺體
Chifeng 遺體
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 遺體
Heihe 遺體, 屍體
Qiqihar 遺體
Harbin 遺體
Jiamusi 遺體
Baicheng 遺體
Changchun 遺體
Tonghua 遺體
Shenyang 遺體
Jinzhou 遺體, 屍首
Singapore 屍體
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 屍首
Tangshan 遺體, 屍首
Cangzhou 遺體
Baoding 屍首, 屍體
Shijiazhuang 屍體, 屍首
Lijin 屍首
Jinan 屍首, 遺體
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 死屍
Dandong 遺體, 屍體
Yantai 屍首兒
Yantai (Muping) 屍首兒, 死屍
Qingdao 屍體
Zhucheng 死屍
Central Plains Mandarin Lingbao 遺體
Jining 遺體, 死屍
Wanrong 屍首
Linfen 屍首
Shangqiu 遺體
Yuanyang 遺體, 屍首, 屍體
Zhengzhou 屍首兒
Xinyang 屍體
Baihe 遺體, 屍體
Xi'an 屍首, 遺體
Baoji 屍首
Tianshui 遺體
Xining 屍體
Xuzhou 遺體, 死屍, 屍體
Fuyang 遺體, 死屍
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 埋體
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 埋體
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 遺體, 屍體, 埋體
Lanzhou 屍首, 遺體
Dunhuang 屍首
Hami 遺體, 屍體
Ürümqi 遺體
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 屍首, 屍體, 屍, 死人
Nanchong 遺體
Dazhou 屍首
Hanyuan 遺體, 屍首
Xichang 遺體, 屍首, 屍體
Zigong 遺體
Chongqing 屍體
Wuhan 遺體
Yichang 遺體
Xiangyang 遺體
Tianmen 遺體
Guiyang 屍首, 屍體
Zunyi 屍首
Bijie 遺體, 屍身
Liping 屍體
Zhaotong 遺體, 屍首
Dali 死人
Kunming 遺體
Mengzi 遺體
Guilin 遺體
Liuzhou 遺體
Jishou 遺體
Changde 遺體
Hanzhong 遺體, 屍首
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 死屍, 屍首
Yangzhou 屍首, 遺體
Lianyungang 遺體, 屍體, 死屍, 屍首
Lianshui 遺體, 屍首
Nantong 遺體
Anqing 遺體, 屍體
Wuhu 遺體, 屍體
Hefei 遺體
Hong'an 遺體, 死人
Cantonese Guangzhou 屍骸, 死屍
Hong Kong 屍體, 死屍, 屍
Gan Nanchang 屍身
Pingxiang 死屍
Hakka Meixian 屍首, 死佬
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬, 垃圾仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 屍體, 屍首, 身屍
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬, 垃圾仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬, 死屍
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 屍體, 屍首, 身屍
Huizhou Jixi 屍首, 死屍
Shexian 遺體, 死屍
Jin Taiyuan 屍體
Yangyuan 屍首
Datong 屍首
Xinzhou 死人, 死骨劣兒子
Lüliang (Lishi) 遺體, 屍體
Changzhi 屍首
Linhe 屍首
Jining 遺體
Hohhot 遺體
Erenhot 屍體, 死人
Pingshan 屍首
Zhangjiakou 遺體, 屍首
Handan 遺體
Linzhou 死人
Suide 屍體, 死人
Northern Min Jian'ou 死人
Eastern Min Fuzhou 身屍
Southern Min Xiamen 身屍
Quanzhou 身屍
Zhangzhou 身屍
Tainan 身屍
Penang (Hokkien) 死儂
Singapore (Hokkien) 身屍
Manila (Hokkien) 身屍, 死儂
Shantou 身屍, 屍首, 死屍
Jieyang 身屍
Haikou 死屍
Puxian Min Putian 身屍
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 身屍
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 身屍
Xianyou 身屍
Xianyou (Fengting) 身屍
Xianyou (Youyang) 身屍
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 屍體
Wu Shanghai 死屍, 屍體
Suzhou 死屍
Danyang 死屍
Hangzhou 死人, 死屍
Ningbo 死屍, 死人
Wenzhou 屍, 屍骸

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Vietnamese: thây

Pronunciation 2

trad. 屍/尸*
simp. 尸*
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/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɕiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		si3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 屍
Reading # 2/2
No. 11400
Phonetic
component 		尸
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*hlis/

Definitions

屍

  1. (historical dictionaries only) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Japanese

Kanji

屍

(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)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
屍
かばね
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
尸 (mainly in compounds)

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE,[1] and also cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[2]

Appears to be a compound. Ultimate derivation unknown.

Pronunciation

Noun

屍(かばね) • (kabane) 

  1. [720] a corpse, a cadaver

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
屍
しかばね
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
尸 (mainly in compounds)

Compound of 死 (shi, “death; dead”) +‎ 屍 (kabane, “corpse”).[2][3][5]

First cited to the late 1100s.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) しかばね [shìkábáné] (Heiban – [0])[3][4]
  • IPA(key): [ɕi̥ka̠ba̠ne̞]

Noun

屍(しかばね) • (shikabane) 

  1. [late 1100s] 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 決闘王の記憶 －決闘都市編－ [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

References

  1. ^
    c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 18, poem 4094:
    , text here
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

屍: Hán Nôm readings: thi, thây

  1. chữ Hán form of thi (“corpse”)
  2. chữ Nôm form of thây (“corpse”)

Compounds

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