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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.

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
解 jiě
to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
radical 148 ⾓ · 13 strokes
剖 pōu
to bisect, to dissect, to slice
radical 18 ⼑ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 尸体解剖.

WordPinyinMeaning
尸体 (屍體)shī tǐcorpse; dead body
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
了解liǎo jiěto understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out
解剖jiě pōuto 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.

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