干尸

Traditional form:

乾屍

Pinyin (reading):

gānshī

Definitions:

• a mummy

Characters:

• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 尸 - body, corpse

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 屍 - body, corpse