noun
A formal or literary term for a dead human body; often used in news reports, literature, or dramatic contexts. More solemn than 死体.
戦場には多くの屍が転がっていた。
Many corpses lay scattered on the battlefield.
警察は川岸で身元不明の屍を発見した。
The police found an unidentified corpse on the riverbank.
noun
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.
See also: 尸冠
「尸」は部首の一つで、しかばねかんむりと呼ばれる。
"尸" is one of the radicals, called the "corpse crown".
Rarely used kanji form; mainly encountered in historical or specialized texts.
Kana spelling is common when the kanji is considered difficult or in casual writing.
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.