身

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

Ideogram (指事): from a pictograph of a pregnant woman.

Han character

身 (radical 158 身+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹X竹 (HXH), four-corner 2740₀)

1. body
2. trunk, hull

References

• KangXi: page 1237, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38034
• Dae Jaweon: page 1709, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3807, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8EAB
• Notes:

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Cantonese

Hanzi

身 (Yale san1)

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Hakka

Hanzi

身 (POJ shin, Guangdong shin¹ [Meixian], s'in¹ [Hailu, Kwangtung], sin¹ [Bao'an, Dongguan, Hong Kong], siin¹ [Siyan], Hagfa Pinyim sin1)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Noun

身 (hiragana み, romaji mi)

1. body
2. main part
3. oneself
4. sword

Noun

身 (hiragana むくろ, romaji mukuro)

1. dead body, corpse

Related terms

• 躯
• 骸

Kanji

身

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: しん (shin), けん (ken)
• Kun: み (mi), みずから (mizukara)

Compounds

Compounds containing "身"

身体 (shintai): body 身長 (shinchō): stature 身辺 (shinpen): one's person 身代 (shindai): fortune 身軽 (migaru): agility 身形 (minari): one's appearance 身近 (mijika): familiarity 身元 (mimoto): identity 身柄 (migara): social standing 身分 (mibun): social position 身寄り (miyori): relative 身投げ (minage): suicide

身障者 (shinshōsha): disabled person 身の上 (minoue): one's career 身勝手 (migatte): egotism 身の程 (minogodo): one's social position 身の回り (minomawari): one's person 全身 (zenshin): whole body 心身 (shinshin): mind and body 焼身 (shōshin): self-immolation 変身 (henshin): transformation 自身 (jishin): oneself 独身 (dokushin): single life 単身 (tanshin): alone

前身 (zenshin): past life 保身 (hoshin): self-protection 献身 (kenshin): devotion 立身 (risshin): success in life 小身 (shōshin): humble position 細身 (hosomi): slender figure 中身 (nakami): interior 黄身 (kimi): yolk 刺身 (sashimi): sashimi 出身地 (shusshinchi): one's native place 身に着ける (mi ni tsukeru): wear 一身 (isshin): the own person, oneself

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Korean

Hanja

身 (sin) (hangeul 신, revised sin, McCune-Reischauer sin, Yale sin)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

身 (Pinyin juān (juan1), shēn (shen1), yuán (yuan2), Wade-Giles chüan¹, shen¹, yüan²)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

身 (*shin)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

身 (TLPA sin (sin¹), sian (sian¹))

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

身 (thân)