尸	780A35   52.91	部居	畫數  3	ㄕ [shi1] . [As radical in 52A]
N	(1)  Corpse (interch. 屍): 死尸 dead body; 鞭尸 to dig up corpse and whip it as post-mortem revenge or punishment; 尸居餘氣 dead-alive, as good as dead. (2)  Formerly, person representing spirit of the dead person during sacrifices, usu. a child. (3)  A radical (as in 尼，尿，尾); index No. 52A.
V	(1)  (AC) to act in charge: 誰其尸之who was the man directing it? 尸盟 (AC) to act as chief in alliance of states. (2)  To hold a job without doing anything (like a “corpse”): 尸位，尸祿，尸利 [shi1wei4], [shi1lu4], [shi1li4]↓.
Words	1.尸諫 [shi1jian4], v.t., to remonstrate with the emperor by sending letter and committing suicide.  2.尸解 [shi1jie3], v.i., (of Taoist immortals) to dissolve bodily into a spirit.  3.尸利 [shi1li4], v.i., (AC) as in 近而不諫，則尸利也 to fail to speak up (to ruler) when there is opportunity to do so is to hang on to job for profit.  4.尸祿 [shi1lu4], v.i., hold sinecure job and act like a “corpse.”  5.尸身 [shi1shen1], n., dead body.  6.尸首(兒) [shi1shou3]([er0]), n., ditto.  7.尸體 [shi1ti3], n., ditto.  8.尸位 [shi1wei4], v.i., to hold a sinecure job: 尸位素餐 hold a sinecure job and eat white rice.  尸  788A40   52A.91-5   部居   畫數  3 ㄕ [shi1] . [Cf. 52.91]