SuGoiSuす語彙す屍
屍: corpse
corpse; dead body
9 strokesNames & literary · More literary kanji (準1級 range)in 8 words here
Readings
On
シ
Kunしかばね
A literary word for a corpse. Alone it is しかばね; in compounds like 屍体 and 検屍 it is し.
Key words
屍しかばねcorpse
屍体したいcorpse; dead body
屍肉しにくcarrion
検屍けんしautopsy; inquest
Example sentences
戦いが終わった野原には、倒れた兵士たちの屍が静かに並んでいた。
On the field where the battle had ended, the bodies of fallen soldiers lay silently in rows.
荒れ野ではハゲタカが屍肉をあさっていた。
In the wasteland, vultures were scavenging for carrion.
医師は屍体をていねいに調べ、死因を報告書にまとめた。
The doctor examined the body carefully and wrote the cause of death into a report.