Dong Chinese dictionary

shī

sitting person

sit

Depicts a person with their knees bent to sit or squat.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shī

person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies); to put a corpse on display (after execution); variant of 屍|尸[shī]; corpse

shī

corpse, carcass

Most common words with 尸

Component uses

Meaning component in 18 characters (4 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Iconic component in 6 characters (6 verified)

Unknown component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Sources