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 (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: 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

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 尸 + 死.

Pronunciation 1

trad. 屍
simp. 尸*
alt. forms 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
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
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; 條／条 c)

Compounds

  • 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
  • 認屍／认尸
  • 走肉行屍／走肉行尸
  • 走骨行屍／走骨行尸
  • 遊營撞屍／游营撞尸
  • 陳屍／陈尸
  • 鞭屍／鞭尸
  • 馬革裹屍／马革裹尸
  • 驗屍／验尸 (yànshī)

Pronunciation 2

trad. 屍
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
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
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)

  1. corpse; cadaver

Readings

Alternative forms

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.[1]

Appears to be a compound. Ultimate derivation unknown.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

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

Noun

屍 (hiragana かばね, rōmaji 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”).[4][2][5] Not used in the Man'yōshū; appears to be a later development.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

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

Noun

屍 (hiragana しかばね, rōmaji 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 決闘王の記憶 －決闘都市編－ [Memories of the Duel King －Battle City Edition－] (in Japanese), 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

  1. ↑ c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 18, poem 4094), text here
  2. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  5. ↑ 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 (thi, thây)

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