屍しかばね

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Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

A formal or literary term for a dead human body; often used in news reports, literature, or dramatic contexts. More solemn than 死体.

kanji "corpse" radical

Only with reading しかばね / かばね

Refers to the kanji radical 尸 (しかばね・かばね), used in characters related to the body or dwelling. Only used with readings しかばね or かばね.

〈場ば所しょ〉に屍しかばねが転ころがるfor corpses to lie scattered in a place
戦せん場じょうには無む数すうの屍しかばねが転ころがっていた。
Countless corpses lay scattered across the battlefield.
屍しかばねの山やまを築きずくto pile up a mountain of corpses (from mass killing)
その戦たたかいは屍しかばねの山やまを築きずいただけだった。
That battle only left behind a mountain of corpses.
屍しかばねを越こえて進すすむto press forward, stepping over the dead (fig. ruthless advancement)
彼かれは仲なか間まの屍しかばねを越こえて成せい功こうをつかんだ。
He grabbed success by stepping over the bodies of his own comrades.

死し体たいN2sense 1
死体 is the neutral, everyday word for a dead body, while 屍 is a more literary or dramatic term used in writing and news.
しかばねかんむり sense 2
尸冠 is the standard dictionary name for the kanji radical 尸, while 屍 in this sense refers to the same radical shape as used in body-related characters.
遺い体たいN1sense 1
遺体 is the respectful term used in funeral or formal contexts for a deceased person's remains, whereas 屍 carries a stark, literary tone.
死し骸がい sense 1
死骸 usually refers to the carcass of an animal (or a corpse viewed coldly as a mere object), while 屍 is reserved for human corpses in solemn or literary contexts.

体たい
body; physique; posture · shape; form; style · substance; identity; reality · field (mathematics) · counter for humanoid forms (dolls, statues, corpses, etc.) · typeface; type

屍Usage86%
- しかばね
  Standard kanji spelling; common in news and literary contexts.
- し
- かばね
尸Usage8%
rarely-used kanji form
- しかばね
  Rarely used kanji form; mainly encountered in historical or specialized texts.
- し
- かばね
かばねUsage4%
しかばねUsage2%
Kana spelling is common when the kanji is considered difficult or in casual writing.
し

The reading しかばね is a native Japanese word of uncertain origin. The kanji 屍 is a pictograph of a person lying down, representing a corpse.