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: 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, OC *hli, *hlis) : phonetic 尸 (OC *hli) + semantic 死.

Pronunciation 1

trad.		屍
simp.		尸^*

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shī (shi¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄕ
(Chengdu, SP): si¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂
(Meixian, Guangdong): si¹
Min Dong (BUC): sĭ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): si
(Teochew, Peng'im): si¹
Wu (Wiktionary): sr (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shī
  - Zhuyin: ㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shih
  - Wade–Giles: shih¹
  - Yale: shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
  - Palladius: ши (ši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: si¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: s
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si¹
  - Yale: sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁴⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
  - Tâi-lô: si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sy
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ɕi³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: si¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: si
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: sr (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /ɕiɪ/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕi/
Li Rong	/ɕi/
Wang Li	/ɕi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥[ə]j/
(Zhengzhang): /*hli/

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

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

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 屍體 (“corpse”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		屍
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		屍體, 屍身, 屍首, 屍骨, 屍骸, 死屍, 死人, 遺體
Mandarin	Beijing	遺體, 屍首兒, 埋體 Hui
	Taiwan	屍體, 大體 polite
	Tianjin	屍首
	Tangshan	遺體, 屍首
	Cangzhou	遺體
	Baoding	屍首, 屍體
	Shijiazhuang	屍體, 屍首
	Chifeng	遺體
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	遺體
	Harbin	遺體
	Shenyang	遺體
	Yantai (Muping)	屍首兒, 死屍
	Qingdao	屍體
	Jinan	屍首, 遺體
	Wanrong	屍首
	Zhengzhou	屍首兒
	Xi'an	屍首, 遺體
	Yinchuan	遺體, 屍體, 埋體
	Lanzhou	屍首, 遺體
	Xining	屍體
	Ürümqi	遺體
	Wuhan	遺體
	Chengdu	屍首, 屍體, 屍, 死人
	Chongqing	屍體
	Guiyang	屍首, 屍體
	Kunming	遺體
	Guilin	遺體
	Liuzhou	遺體
	Xuzhou	遺體, 死屍, 屍體
	Yangzhou	屍首, 遺體
	Nanjing	死屍, 屍首
	Hefei	遺體
	Nantong	遺體
	Singapore	屍體
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	埋體
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	埋體
Cantonese	Guangzhou	屍骸, 死屍
Cantonese	Hong Kong	屍體, 死屍, 屍
Gan	Nanchang	屍身
Gan	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
Huizhou	Shexian	遺體, 死屍
Jin	Taiyuan	屍體
	Xinzhou	死人, 死骨劣兒子
	Linhe	屍首
	Jining	遺體
	Hohhot	遺體
	Zhangjiakou	遺體, 屍首
	Handan	遺體
Min Bei	Jian'ou	死人
Min Dong	Fuzhou	身屍
Min Nan	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	屍首, 死屍
	Jieyang	身屍
	Haikou	死屍
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

五馬分屍／五马分尸 (wǔmǎfēnshī)
伍員鞭屍／伍员鞭尸
伏屍／伏尸
借屍還魂／借尸还魂 (jièshīhuánhún)
停屍／停尸
停屍房／停尸房 (tíngshīfáng)
停屍間／停尸间 (tíngshījiān)
全屍／全尸
分屍／分尸 (fēnshī)
劈屍萬段／劈尸万段
喪屍／丧尸 (sàngshī)
屍山血海／尸山血海
屍格／尸格
屍橫遍野／尸横遍野 (shīhéngbiànyě)
屍櫬／尸榇
屍蠟／尸蜡
屍變／尸变 (shībiàn)
屍靈／尸灵

屍首／尸首 (shīshou)
屍骨／尸骨 (shīgǔ)
屍骨早寒／尸骨早寒
屍骨未寒／尸骨未寒 (shīgǔwèihán)
屍骨無存／尸骨无存
屍骸／尸骸 (shīhái)
屍體／尸体 (shītǐ)
懶屍／懒尸
戮屍／戮尸 (lùshī)
拋屍露骨／抛尸露骨
挺屍／挺尸
撞屍／撞尸
收屍／收尸 (shōushī)
暴屍於市／暴尸于市 (bàoshīyúshì)
檢屍／检尸
死屍／死尸 (sǐshī)
殭屍／僵尸 (jiāngshī)
毀屍滅跡／毁尸灭迹 (huǐshīmièjì)

浮屍／浮尸 (fúshī)
焚屍揚灰／焚尸扬灰
碎屍萬段／碎尸万段
簡屍／简尸
蒸骨驗屍／蒸骨验尸
血海屍山／血海尸山
行屍視肉／行尸视肉
裹屍／裹尸 (guǒshī)
裹屍馬革／裹尸马革
詐屍／诈尸 (zhàshī)
認屍／认尸 (rènshī)
走肉行屍／走肉行尸 (zǒuròuxíngshī)
走骨行屍／走骨行尸
遊營撞屍／游营撞尸
陳屍／陈尸 (chénshī)
鞭屍／鞭尸 (biānshī)
馬革裹屍／马革裹尸 (mǎgéguǒshī)
驗屍／验尸 (yànshī)

Pronunciation 2

trad.		屍
simp.		尸^*

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shì (shi⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ

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/

Middle Chinese: /ɕiɪ^H/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕi^H/
Li Rong	/ɕi^H/
Wang Li	/ɕi^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi^H/
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

屍

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Japanese

Kanji

屍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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 Hyōgaiji
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

(Tokyo) かばね [kàbáné] (Heiban – [0])[3][4]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ba̠ne̞]

Noun

屍(かばね) • (kabane)

[720] a corpse, a cadaver

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
屍
しかばね Hyōgaiji
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)

[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

See Thesaurus:屍

References

c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 18, poem 4094), text here
1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

屍: Hán Nôm readings: thi, thây

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[1] . 759, Man'yōshū (book 18, poem 4094), text here

[KDJ-2] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DJR-3] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-4] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[DJS-5] 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN