尸

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(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies); (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution); variant of 屍|尸[shi1]

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Formation & memory

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Pictograph (象形字)

A man keeled over

Components 丿 ? unknown part

corpse · Heisig RSH #882

— as a component also called: flag

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
尸山血海	shī shān xuè hǎi	(lit.) mountains of corpses and oceans of blood (idiom); (fig.) a scene of wholesale slaug…
五马分尸	wǔ mǎ fēn shī	(idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form…
行尸走肉	xíng shī zǒu ròu	walking corpse (idiom); zombie; person who lives only on the material level
尸体	shī tǐ	corpse; dead body
分尸	fēn shī	to dismember a corpse
尸罗	shī luó	sila (Buddhism)
食尸鬼	shí shī guǐ	ghoul
尸布	shī bù	pall (casket covering)
尸位素餐	shī wèi sù cān	to hold a sinecure (idiom)
尸身	shī shēn	corpse; dead body
死尸	sǐ shī	corpse; dead body
全尸	quán shī	intact corpse; dead body with no parts missing
干尸	gān shī	desiccated corpse; mummified body
尸骨	shī gǔ	skeleton of the dead
活尸	huó shī	zombie
收尸	shōu shī	to collect or retrieve a corpse (for burial or cremation); to claim a body
尸体袋	shī tǐ dài	body bag
验尸官	yàn shī guān	coroner
停尸间	tíng shī jiān	morgue
尸首	shī shou	dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like 屍首分離\|尸首分离[shi1 shou5 fen1 li2] or 屍首異處\|尸首异处[s…

These characters use 尸 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
尸 sound part	shī	body, corpse
屐	jī	wooden clogs