Wiktionary

屍

See also: 尸
屍 U+5C4D, 屍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C4D
← 屌
[U+5C4C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 屎 →
[U+5C4E]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

屍 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸一弓心 (SMNP), four-corner 77211, composition ⿸尸死)

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 301, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7688
  • Dae Jaweon: page 598, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 971, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5C4D

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *hli, *hlis) : phonetic 尸 (OC *hli) + semantic 死.

Pronunciation 1 edit

trad. 屍/尸*
simp. 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
Baxter syij
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		si1
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 edit

屍

  1. corpse; carcass (Classifier: 具; 條／条 c)
Synonyms edit
Dialectal synonyms of 屍體 (“corpse”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 屍
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 屍體, 屍身, 屍首, 屍骨, 屍骸, 死屍, 死人, 遺體
Mandarin Beijing 遺體, 屍首兒, 埋體 Hui
Taiwan 屍體, 大體 polite
Tianjin 屍首
Tangshan 遺體, 屍首
Cangzhou 遺體
Baoding 屍首, 屍體
Shijiazhuang 屍體, 屍首
Chifeng 遺體
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 遺體
Harbin 遺體
Shenyang 遺體
Yantai (Muping) 屍首兒, 死屍
Qingdao 屍體
Jinan 屍首, 遺體
Wanrong 屍首
Zhengzhou 屍首兒
Xi'an 屍首, 遺體
Yinchuan 遺體, 屍體, 埋體
Lanzhou 屍首, 遺體
Xining 屍體
Ürümqi 遺體
Wuhan 遺體
Chengdu 屍首, 屍體, 屍, 死人
Chongqing 屍體
Guiyang 屍首, 屍體
Kunming 遺體
Guilin 遺體
Liuzhou 遺體
Xuzhou 遺體, 死屍, 屍體
Yangzhou 屍首, 遺體
Nanjing 死屍, 屍首
Hefei 遺體
Nantong 遺體
Singapore 屍體
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 埋體
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 埋體
Cantonese Guangzhou 屍骸, 死屍
Hong Kong 屍體, 死屍, 屍
Gan Nanchang 屍身
Pingxiang 死屍
Hakka Meixian 屍首, 死佬
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬, 垃圾仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 屍體, 屍首, 身屍
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬, 垃圾仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 屍體, 屍首, 身屍, 死佬, 死屍
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 屍體, 屍首, 身屍
Huizhou Jixi 屍首, 死屍
Shexian 遺體, 死屍
Jin Taiyuan 屍體
Xinzhou 死人, 死骨劣兒子
Linhe 屍首
Jining 遺體
Hohhot 遺體
Zhangjiakou 遺體, 屍首
Handan 遺體
Northern Min Jian'ou 死人
Eastern Min Fuzhou 身屍
Southern Min Xiamen 身屍
Quanzhou 身屍
Zhangzhou 身屍
Tainan 身屍
Penang (Hokkien) 死儂
Singapore (Hokkien) 身屍
Manila (Hokkien) 身屍, 死儂
Shantou 屍首, 死屍
Jieyang 身屍
Haikou 死屍
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 屍體
Wu Shanghai 死屍, 屍體
Suzhou 死屍
Danyang 死屍
Hangzhou 死人, 死屍
Ningbo 死屍, 死人
Wenzhou 屍, 屍骸

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

  • → Vietnamese: thây

Pronunciation 2 edit

trad. 屍/尸*
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
Baxter syijH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		si3
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 edit

屍

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Japanese edit

Kanji edit

屍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. corpse, cadaver

Readings edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
屍
かばね
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
尸 (mainly in compounds)

From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE,[1] and also cited to the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[2]

Appears to be a compound. Ultimate derivation unknown.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

屍(かばね) • (kabane) 

  1. [720] a corpse, a cadaver

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
屍
しかばね
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
尸 (mainly in compounds)

Compound of 死 (shi, “death; dead”) +‎ 屍 (kabane, “corpse”).[2][3][5]

First cited to the late 1100s.[2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

屍(しかばね) • (shikabane) 

  1. [late 1100s] a corpse, a cadaver
    • 2014 July 5, “オベリスクの巨(きょ)神(しん)兵(へい)”, in 決闘王の記憶 －決闘都市編－ [Memories of the Duel King: Battle City Edition], 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 edit

References edit

  1. ^
    c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 18, poem 4094:
    , text here
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  5. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja edit

屍 • (si) (hangeul 시, revised si, McCune–Reischauer si)

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

屍: Hán Nôm readings: thi, thây

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