TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字
屍
屍 = 尸 + 死
ㄕ · shī
noun — a corpse, dead body
字源 FORM — what the parts do
尸義a body laid out
A laid-out body (尸) with death (死) written under it — the two together name the corpse, the body once life has gone: 屍體、屍骨.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
身子(尸)攤平不動,底下一個死字(死)——人已經去了。
The body (尸) lies flat and still, death (死) written beneath it — the life already gone.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)屍體— corpse, dead body常用
→屍骨— bones, remains
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
尸shīthe bare body — 屍 adds death to make it a corpse屎= + 米shǐthe lookalike — 屎 sets grain 米 under the body, 屍 sets