U+6BA1 "殡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+6BA1 "殡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "funeral" or "to encoffin a corpse," referring specifically to the process of preparing a body for burial or the period of mourning before interment. It appears in the standard set of CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs, with its structure combining the radical 歹 (associated with death or decay) and the phonetic component 宾, which suggests a connection to guests or ceremonies, as funerals were traditionally communal events. In modern usage, it is commonly found in terms related to funeral rites, such as 殡仪馆 (funeral home) and 殡葬 (funeral and burial), and it carries a formal or somber tone, deeply rooted in East Asian cultural practices around death and mourning.