Character: 尸
Modern (Beijing) reading: shī
Preclassic Old Chinese: ƛij
Classic Old Chinese: ƛij
Western Han Chinese: l̥jǝj
Eastern Han Chinese: śǝj
Early Postclassic Chinese: śij
Middle Postclassic Chinese: śij
Late Postclassic Chinese: śi
Middle Chinese: śi
English meaning : corpse, representative of the dead
Russian meaning[s]: 1) фигура человека в сидячей позе; идол, образ; 2) мертвое тело, труп; 3) пустое место; синекура; 4) уст. распорядитель; 5) Ши (фамилия)
Comments: Also means 'to set forth (sacrificial dishes)' (Sch.: perhaps s.w. as above).
Radical: 44
Four-angle index: 4142
Karlgren code: 0561 a-b
Shijing occurrences: 15.3
