体

See also: 體, 休, and 𠇾

体	U+4F53, 体 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F53

← 佒
[U+4F52]

CJK Unified Ideographs

佔 →
[U+4F54]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	体
Simplified	体
Traditional	體/体

Alternative forms

In the historical Chinese dictionary Longkan Shoujian (龍龕手鑑), this character is written in the form of ⿰亻夲.

Han character

体 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人木一 (ODM), four-corner 2523₀, composition ⿰亻本)

Derived characters

𭈄, 𭰟, 𬌕, 𫌠/𧡊, 𥮋

Related characters

體 (Orthodox traditional form of 体)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 509
Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 130, character 1
Unihan data for U+4F53

Chinese

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 亻 (“person”) + 本 (“basis”).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 体 – see 體 (“body; part of the body; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 體).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		体

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 体
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (本) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
本	*pɯːnʔ
笨	pɯːnʔ, bɯːnʔ
苯	*pɯːnʔ
翉	*pʰɯːnʔ
体	*bɯːnʔ
鉢	*poːd
缽	*poːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯːnʔ) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 本 (OC *pɯːnʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bèn (ben⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ban⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bèn
  - Wade–Giles: pên⁴
  - Yale: bèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benn
  - Palladius: бэнь (bɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ban⁶
  - Yale: bahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ban⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ben⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn²²/

Middle Chinese: bwonX

Rime
Character	体
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒲本切
Baxter	bwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buən^X/
Pan Wuyun	/buon^X/
Shao Rongfen	/buən^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwən^X/
Li Rong	/buən^X/
Wang Li	/buən^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuən^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bun⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*bɯːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	体
Reading #	1/1
No.	477
Phonetic component	本
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	獖
Old Chinese	/*bɯːnʔ/
Notes	晉書作笨

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 体

(deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 笨 (bèn, “coarse appearance; inferior”).
Used in 体夫 (“pallbearer”).

Compounds

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Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		体

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cuì (cui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuèi
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴
  - Yale: tswèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuey
  - Palladius: цуй (cuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 体

^‡ name of prison

Japanese

Shinjitai	体
Kyūjitai	體

Kanji

体

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 體)

body

Readings

Go-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)
Kun: からだ (karada, 体, Jōyō)
Nanori: なり (nari)

Usage notes

This character was originally an alternative form of 笨 (bèn) as used in Chinese. This usage now appears to be obsolete, at least in Japanese, where 体 and 笨 are distinct characters and are not interchangeable. See the Chinese 体 and Japanese 笨 entries for further details.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
体
たい Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
體 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 體／体 (thej^X, “body”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たい [táꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ta̠i]

Counter

体(たい) • (-tai)

counter for humanoid objects
- 2017 March 25, “リンク・スパイダー [Link Spider]”, in [STARTER](スターター) [DECK](デッキ), Konami:
  
  通(つう)常(じょう)モンスター１(いっ)体(たい)
  ①(いち)：１(いっ)ターンに１(いち)度(ど)、自(じ)分(ぶん)メインフェイズに発(はつ)動(どう)できる。手(て)札(ふだ)からレベル４以下(よんいか)の通(つう)常(じょう)モンスター１(いっ)体(たい)をこのカードのリンク先(さき)に特(とく)殊(しゅ)召(しょう)喚(かん)する。
  Tsūjō Monsutā ittaī
  Chi: Ittān ni ichi-do, jibun Mein Feizu ni hatsudō dekiru. tefuda kara Reberu yon ika no Tsūjō Monsutā ittai o kono kādo no rinku-saki ni Tokushu Shōkan suru.
  1 or more Normal Monsters
  1: Once per turn, can be activated during your Main Phase. Special Summons 1 Normal Monster of Level 4 or lower from your hand to where this card is linked to.

Noun

体(たい) • (tai)

In general: the body, e.g. of a human or animal
In particular: the torso excluding the limbs; trunk, abdomen
substance; matter
form; shape
(algebra) field (commutative ring with invertible nonzero elements)

Derived terms

ガラス体(たい) (garasutai, “vitreous body”)
字(じ)体(たい) (jitai)
硝(しょう)子(し)体(たい) (shōshitai, “vitreous body”)
身(しん)体(たい) (shintai)
肉(にく)体(たい) (nikutai)
体(たい)位(い) (taī)
体(たい)育(いく) (taīku)
体(たい)液(えき) (taieki)
体(たい)温(おん) (taion)
体(たい)外(がい) (taigai)
体(たい)格(かく) (taikaku)
体(たい)感(かん) (taikan)
体(たい)技(ぎ) (taigi)
体(たい)協(きょう) (taikyō)
体(たい)躯(く) (taiku)
体(たい)腔(くう) (taikū)
体(たい)刑(けい) (taikei)
体(たい)型(けい) (taikei)
体(たい)形(けい) (taikei)
体(たい)系(けい) (taikei)
体(たい)験(けん) (taiken)
体(たい)現(げん) (taigen)
体(たい)言(げん) (taigen)
体(たい)質(しつ) (taishitsu)
体(たい)重(じゅう) (taijū)
体(たい)臭(しゅつ) (taishutsu)
体(たい)術(じゅつ) (taijutsu, “taijutsu”)
体(たい)制(せい) (taisei)
体(たい)勢(せい) (taisei)
体(たい)積(せき) (taiseki)
体(たい)操(そう) (taisō)
体(たい)中(ちゅう) (taichū)
体(たい)調(ちょう) (taichō)
体(たい)長(ちょう) (taichō)
体(たい)得(とく) (taitoku)
体(たい)内(ない) (tainai)
体(たい)認(にん) (tainin)
体(たい)熱(ねつ) (tainetsu)
体(たい)罰(ばつ) (taibatsu)
体(たい)貌(ぼつ) (taibotsu)
体(たい)面(めん) (taimen)
体(たい)毛(もう) (taimō)
体(たい)様(よう) (taiyō)
体(たい)要(よう) (taiyō)
体(たい)量(りょう) (tairyō)
体(たい)力(りょく) (tairyoku)
扁(へん)桃(とう)体(たい) (hentōtai, “amygdala”)