Chinese symbol for “postmortem”
尸体解剖
shī tǐ jiě pōu
Traditional: 屍體解剖
autopsy; postmortem
The closest CC-CEDICT match for postmortem is 尸体解剖 (shī tǐ jiě pōu), defined as: autopsy; postmortem.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 尸体解剖.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尸体 (屍體) | shī tǐ | corpse; dead body |
| 僵尸 (殭屍) | jiāng shī | gyonshi; jiang shi |
| 死尸 (死屍) | sǐ shī | corpse; dead body |
| 丧尸 (喪屍) | sāng shī | zombie |
| 验尸 (驗屍) | yàn shī | autopsy; postmortem examination |
| 行尸走肉 (行屍走肉) | xíng shī zǒu ròu | walking corpse (idiom); zombie |
| 媒体 (媒體) | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media |
| 身体 (身體) | shēn tǐ | the body; one's health |
| 了解 | liǎo jiě | to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out |
| 解剖 | jiě pōu | to dissect (an animal); to analyze |
See also: Japanese symbol for “postmortem”.
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.