尸 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

尸 English definition

shī

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

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : nuthatch (bird of genus Sitta);
  • : to lose; to miss; to fail;
  • : teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops;
  • : division
  • : to grant; to give; to bestow; to act; to carry out;
  • : Shi, name of river in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan;
  • 湿 : moist; wet;
  • : river in Henan province;
  • : lion;
  • : rough, indelicate silk;
  • : Xanthium strumarium;
  • : yarrow (Achillea millefolium);
  • : louse;
  • : poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse;
  • : place name;
  • : strain;
  • : Seriola qinqueradiata; yellow tail;
  • : turtledove;

Words containing 尸, by HSK level