person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies)
to put a corpse on display (after execution)
variant of 屍|尸[shi1]
corpse
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies)/to put a corpse on display (after execution)/variant of 尸shī [尸]/corpse/KangXi radical number 44
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
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Definitions (Wiktionary)
character
a living person who represents the dead person during a rite