屍
The story of 屍
corpse
屍 is composed of 尸 (corpse, ancestral card) and 死 (die) . 尸 is the picture of a man sitting down with bending knees, means ancestral card or corpse, so 死 is added to specify the latter meaning.
Vocabulary of 屍
- 浮屍 (floating corpse)
- 驗屍 (autopsy)
- 喪屍 (zombie)