corpse

Origin & mnemonic

This radical derives from a pictograph in oracle-bone script depicting a human corpse lying in a horizontal position, with strokes arranged to represent the prone form of the deceased.

Mnemonic: The shape resembles a person lying flat and dead — three strokes forming the corpse radical (shī).

• 屠tú🔊

  to slaughter (animals for food)

  11 strokes

• 㞙niào🔊

  old variant of 尿[niao4]

  11 strokes

• 屛píng🔊

  variant of 屏[ping2]

  11 strokes

• 屉tì🔊

  drawer; tier; tray

  11 strokes

• 屝fèi🔊

  coarse

  11 strokes

• 属shǔ🔊

  category

  HSK 3

  12 strokes

• 屡lǚ🔊

  time and again

  HSK 7

  12 strokes

• 𪨊sóng🔊

  (coll.) semen

  14 strokes

• 屣xǐ🔊

  slippers

  14 strokes

• 层céng🔊

  to pile on top of one another

  HSK 2

  15 strokes

• 履lǚ🔊

  shoe

  15 strokes

• 屦jù🔊

  sandals

  15 strokes

• 屧xiè🔊

  wooden shoes

  15 strokes

• 𡳞lìn🔊

  (Minnan dialect) male genitals

  15 strokes

• 屪liáo🔊

  penis

  18 strokes

• 屫juē🔊

  old variant of 屩[jue1]

  19 strokes