• corpse, dead body;
  • a living person who represents the dead person during a rite;

Etymology

It is a pictograph depicting a person lying down horizontally, representing a corpse.

Usage in Korean

When used as a radical, it generally conveys meanings related to parts of the body or footwear.

It is also sometimes used interchangeably with 广 to denote meanings related to houses or roofs.

Characters like 屎 (feces), 尿 (urine), and 屁 (fart) use this radical and relate to human or animal excrement.

주검
jugeom
si
Kangxi radical:44
Strokes:3
Unicode:U+5C38
Cangjie input:
  • 尸 (S)
Composition:
  • ⿰ 丿 コ
Writing order
尸 Writing order

Neighboring radicals in the dictionary

References

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