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死体

したい

corpse, body

Mnemonic

Death and a body in the one word, which is precisely as blunt as it sounds. Sat した where it fell, in the park, this morning: したい.

Worth knowing

身体 しんたい is a living body. 死体 is not.

Built from

death
歹 bare bones with a figure folded over beside them.
body
亻 person + 本 root, origin

Words sharing these kanji

to die frantic, desperate death body what on earth, what the… body true character, true form mostly stamina, endurance whole, total body, flesh

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