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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: シ、しかばね
Romaji: shi, shikabane
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

corpse

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  44
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  3-3-6
Korean Reading:  si
Chinese Reading:  shi1
Unicode:  5c4d
JIS:  3B53

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3099
Nelson Index: 1391
New Nelson Index: 1420
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3r6.2
Four Corner Index: 7721.1
Daikanwanjiten Index: 7688
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0152
Remembering the kanji Index: 2222
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2332
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3843

Words

(しかばね、かばね、し)
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
死屍累々 (ししるいるい)
heaps of corpses all around
生ける屍 (いけるしかばね)
living corpse
死体 (したい)
dead body; corpse; cadaver
死屍 (しし)
corpse
検視 (けんし)
autopsy; inquest; investigation of death
僵屍 (キョンシー)
Chinese "hopping vampire"; jiang shi; jiangshi; chiang-shih; reanimated corpse
死肉 (しにく)
dead flesh; carrion
屍蝋 (しろう)
adipocere; grave wax; greying of the body fats of a corpse which rests in a moist but airless place (graying)
死骸 (しがい)
body; corpse; remains
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