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尸
屍
shī
1. corpse
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 3 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

尸
shī
body, corpse
HSK 6 3 丶

Compound Words (20)

碎尸
suìshī
dismembered body
焚尸
fénshī
to cremate
检尸
jiǎnshī
autopsy
死尸
sǐshī
a corpse
僵尸
jiāngshī
gyonshi
全尸
quánshī
intact corpse
丧尸
sāngshī
zombie
奸尸
jiānshī
necrophilia
尸罗
shīluó
sila (Buddhism)
尸僵
shījiāng
rigor mortis
尸块
shīkuài
body parts (of a mutilated corpse)
尸布
shībù
pall (casket covering)
尸斑
shībān
livor mortis
尸检
shījiǎn
autopsy
尸禄
shīlù
to hold a sinecure
尸首
shīshou
corpse
尸骨
shīgǔ
skeleton of the dead
尸骸
shīhái
corpse
尸体
shītǐ
dead body
HSK 6
陈尸
chénshī
to lay out the corpse

Alternate Entries

尸
shī
person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies) / to put a corpse on display (after execution) / variant of [[屍|尸<shī>]] / corpse

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,516
Word Frequency Rank
1,005 of 84,292
Radical Number
44