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Chinese symbol for “corpse”

尸体
shī tǐ
Traditional: 屍體
corpse; dead body

The closest CC-CEDICT match for corpse is 尸体 (shī tǐ), defined as: corpse; dead body.

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

尸 shī
body, corpse
radical 44 ⼫ · 3 strokes
体 tǐ
body; group, class; form, style, system
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “corpse”

WordPinyinMeaning
尸 (屍)shī(bound form) corpse
死尸 (死屍)sǐ shīcorpse; dead body
尸骸 (屍骸)shī háicorpse; skeleton
尸身 (屍身)shī shēncorpse; dead body
笑场 (笑場)xiào chǎng(of an actor) to break character by laughing; to corpse

Related words

Other words that share a character with 尸体.

WordPinyinMeaning
僵尸 (殭屍)jiāng shīgyonshi; jiang shi
死尸 (死屍)sǐ shīcorpse; dead body
丧尸 (喪屍)sāng shīzombie
验尸 (驗屍)yàn shīautopsy; postmortem examination
行尸走肉 (行屍走肉)xíng shī zǒu ròuwalking corpse (idiom); zombie
媒体 (媒體)méi tǐmedia, esp. news media
身体 (身體)shēn tǐthe body; one's health
体育 (體育)tǐ yùsports; physical education

See also: Japanese symbol for “corpse”.

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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