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[edit] Translingual

shinjitai

simplified

traditional

[edit] Etymology

In its traditional sense ("inferior") — Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic  (person) + phonetic 

As a simplification of ("body") — Ideogrammic compound (會意):  (person) +  (basis)

[edit] Han character

(radical 9 +5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人木一 (ODM), four-corner 25230, composition)

  1. body (as simplification of 體)
  2. group, class, body, unit (as simplification of 體)
  3. inferior (as traditional 体)

[edit] Usage notes

Readings as traditional 体 (inferior):

  • ban6 (Cantonese), bèn (Mandarin), bun (Korean), or hon (Japanese).

Readings as simplification of 體 (body, group):

  • Cantonese tai2, Mandarin and , Korean che, Japanese tei and tai, and Vietnamese thể.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 98, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 509
  • Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 130, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4F53

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(traditional , jyutping ban6, tai2, Yale ban6, tai2)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

(hiragana からだ, romaji karada)

  1. body
  2. health

(hiragana たい, romaji tai)

  1. body
  2. form

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Suffix

(hiragana たい, romaji -tai)

  1. body, group

[edit] Kanji

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Synonyms


[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

(hangeul , , revised bun, che, McCune-Reischauer pun, ch'e)


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Hanzi

(traditional , pinyin (ti3), bèn (ben4), (ti1), Wade-Giles t'i3)

[edit] Compounds


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(thể)

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