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Chinese symbol for “coroner”

验尸官
yàn shī guān
Traditional: 驗屍官
coroner

The closest CC-CEDICT match for coroner is 验尸官 (yàn shī guān), defined as: coroner.

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
官 guān
official, public servant
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “coroner”

WordPinyinMeaning
仵作wǔ zuòcoroner (old)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 验尸官.

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
官方guān fānggovernment; official (approved or issued by an authority)

See also: Japanese symbol for “coroner”.

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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