Chinese symbol for “remains”
遗体
yí tǐ
Traditional: 遺體
remains (of a dead person)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for remains is 遗体 (yí tǐ), defined as: remains (of a dead person).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “remains”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 残骸 (殘骸) | cán hái | remains; wreckage |
| 遗物 (遺物) | yí wù | personal effects (of the deceased); artifacts; relics; (biological) remains |
| 遗蜕 (遺蛻) | yí tuì | to shed skin; to leave one's mortal envelope |
| 骨烬 (骨燼) | gǔ jìn | bones and ashes; remains (after Buddhist cremation) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 遗体.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遗憾 (遺憾) | yí hàn | regret; to regret |
| 遗址 (遺址) | yí zhǐ | ruins; historic relics |
| 遗产 (遺產) | yí chǎn | heritage; legacy |
| 遗传 (遺傳) | yí chuán | heredity; to inherit (a trait) |
| 遗忘 (遺忘) | yí wàng | to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore |
| 媒体 (媒體) | méi tǐ | media, esp. news media |
| 身体 (身體) | shēn tǐ | the body; one's health |
| 体育 (體育) | tǐ yù | sports; physical education |
See also: Japanese symbol for “remains”.
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.