also: あんちしょ
The body was taken to the morgue.
Temporary mortuaries are set up during disasters.
Standard kanji spelling. The reading あんちじょ is more common than あんちしょ.
Alternate reading; less common than あんちじょ.
Compound of 安置 (to enshrine, to lay in state) + 所 (place). The word likely arose from religious contexts and later extended to secular use for temporary body storage.