The story of 屍

corpse

屍 is composed of 尸 (corpse, ancestral card) and 死 (die) . 尸 is the picture of a man sitting down with bending knees, means ancestral card or corpse, so 死 is added to specify the latter meaning.

Vocabulary of 屍

  • 浮屍 (floating corpse)
  • 驗屍 (autopsy)
  • 喪屍 (zombie)

Classification

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