尸 (shī) is a Chinese character meaning “a corpse”. It is written from ㇕ and 一 (one) and 丿 (left-falling stroke), and takes 3 strokes.
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Structure
㇕ + 一 + 丿
Overlapping structure
Structure from: Unicode U+5C38 and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph inspection
Memory aid
A turning stroke (㇕), a horizontal stroke (一), and a left-falling stroke (丿) form 尸.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
3 strokes
In real words
- 尸体shī tǐcorpse; dead body尸 = shī
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All readings
corpse
a corpse; a dead body
人或动物死后的身体。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 尸体shī tǐcorpse; dead body尸 = shī
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Questions people ask about this character
What does 尸 mean?
尸 (shī) means a corpse; a dead body.
How do you pronounce 尸?
It is pronounced shī.
What parts is 尸 made of?
㇕ and 一 (one) and 丿 (left-falling stroke). The recorded source is: Unicode U+5C38 and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph inspection. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 尸 have?
3. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 尸?
尸. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 尸?
Common ones are 尸体. The reading of 尸 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.