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尸
尸
Translingual
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When used as a radical, 尸 is usually derived from a variation of 人 or 亻, as in 尾.
Han character
尸 (radical 44 尸+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 尸 (S), four-corner 77207)
- corpse
- to impersonate the dead
- to preside
- Kangxi radical #44, ⼫ (“corpse”).
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 299, character 26
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7630
- Dae Jaweon: page 595, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 963, character 14
- Unihan data for U+5C38
Chinese
Etymology 1
| For pronunciation and definitions of 尸 – see 屍. (This character, 尸, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 屍.) |
Notes:
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Etymology 2
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simp. and trad. |
尸 | |
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕ
- Wade-Giles: shih1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shy
- IPA (key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: si1
- Yale: sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: si1
- IPA (key): /siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
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| Character | 尸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| 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) | |
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| Character | 尸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
shī |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ syij › |
| Old Chinese |
/*l̥̥[ə]j/ |
| English | corpse |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 尸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11396 |
| Phonetic component |
尸 |
| Rime group |
脂 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
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| Old Chinese |
/*hli/ |
Definitions
尸
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Japanese
Kanji
尸
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
尸 • (si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune-Reischauer si, Yale si)
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Vietnamese
Han character
尸 (thi)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 尸
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (尸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 杘 | *l̥ʰis |
| 尸 | *hli |
| 鳲 | *hli |
| 屍 | *hli, *hlis |
| 屎 | *hliʔ, *hri |
Pictogram (象形) - A man with his legs bending, and a side to the front. The picture is variously interpreted as either sitting or lying, with its original meaning being "corpse".