尸 shī corpse

源How it came to be

A body sitting with the legs drawn up. That is how a dead person was laid out, and also how a living one rests. The back is the long stroke.

用How it is used

• A corpse: 尸体 (shītǐ) dead body, 尸检 (shījiǎn) autopsy, 死尸 (sǐshī) a cadaver.
• 行尸走肉 (xíngshī-zǒuròu) = a walking corpse, someone living without purpose.
• 尸位素餐 (shīwèi-sùcān) = to hold a post without doing the work.

字Characters built with 尸

• 展 display
• 据 according to
• 居 to live
• 层 layer
• 刷 brush
• 屋 house
• 剧 theatrical plays
• 局 office
• 届 measure word for events that come round each year
• 屏 screen
• 握 to grasp
• 漏 to leak
• 履 shoes
• 尿 urine
• 屁 to break wind
• 屉 drawer
• 屎 stool
• 屑 bits
• 屠 to butcher
• 屡 frequently
• 幄 tent
• 涮 to rinse
• 犀 rhinoceros
• 辗 to roll over

词Words with 尸

• 尸体shītǐcorpseHSK 8