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Chinese symbol for “autopsy”

验尸
yàn shī
Traditional: 驗屍
autopsy; postmortem examination

The closest CC-CEDICT match for autopsy is 验尸 (yàn shī), defined as: autopsy; postmortem examination.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

验 yàn
to examine, to inspect, to test, to verify
radical 187 ⾺ · 10 strokes
尸 shī
body, corpse
radical 44 ⼫ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “autopsy”

WordPinyinMeaning
尸检 (屍檢)shī jiǎnautopsy
尸体解剖 (屍體解剖)shī tǐ jiě pōuautopsy; postmortem
尸体剖检 (屍體剖檢)shī tǐ pōu jiǎnautopsy
检尸 (檢屍)jiǎn shīautopsy; necropsy

Related words

Other words that share a character with 验尸.

WordPinyinMeaning
经验 (經驗)jīng yànexperience; to go through; to experience
实验 (實驗)shí yànexperiment; test
体验 (體驗)tǐ yànto experience for oneself
试验 (試驗)shì yànexperiment; test
实验室 (實驗室)shí yàn shìlaboratory; 间 (jiān)
检验 (檢驗)jiǎn yànto inspect; to examine
尸体 (屍體)shī tǐcorpse; dead body
僵尸 (殭屍)jiāng shīgyonshi; jiang shi

See also: Japanese symbol for “autopsy”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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