Chinese Character 屍 Meanings and components.

Form

屍

Meaning

屍 meaning[3] in English

Corpse.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 屍 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are person representing the … (尸) , and to die (死)

Its radical[1] is: 尸 (shi1) which means: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies), To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution), Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1], Corpse, .尸shi1person representing …

In cangjie it is written with SMNP

How to write 屍

To write屍shi1corpse you should write a combination of 尸shi1person representing … , 死si3to die arranged in a 吕 shape:

尸 + 死 = 屍

屍 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 屍 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 屍, looks as follow:

屍
Pinyin:shi1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Corpse
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
死
Pinyin:si3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Die . Impassable . Uncrossable . Inflexible . Rigid . Extremely . Damned
歹
Pinyin:dai3
Meaning[3]: Bad . Wicked . Evil . Kangxi Radical 78
夕
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: Dusk . Evening . Taiwan Pr. [Xi4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
匕
Pinyin:bi3
Meaning[3]: Dagger . Ladle . Ancient Type Of Spoon

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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