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屍 = 尸 + 死

屍 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “corpse”. It is built from 尸 (corpse) and 死 (death). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2332.

Keyword
corpse
RTK frame
2332
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しかばね
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
труп
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
屍 corpse

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 尸 corpse
  2. 死 death

How to find 屍 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “corpse” + “death”. 屍 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 屍 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.