noun
dead body; corpse; carcass; remains
Refers to the dead body of a person or animal. Slightly formal or written; in casual speech 死体 (したい) is more common for human corpses.
山道で鹿の死骸を見つけた。
I found a deer carcass on the mountain path.
警察は死骸の身元を確認している。
The police are identifying the remains.
Rarely used kanji form; 屍 is a non-jōyō character that specifically means corpse.
Compound of 死 (し, 'death') and 骸 (がい, 'remains, skeleton'). The reading がい for 骸 is the on'yomi.