體

See also: 体, 骵, 躰, and 軆

體 U+9AD4, 體 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AD4 ← 髓 [U+9AD3] CJK Unified Ideographs 髕 → [U+9AD5]

Translingual

Japanese	体
Simplified	体
Traditional	體/体

Han character

體 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+13, 23 strokes, cangjie input 月月廿田廿 (BBTWT), four-corner 7521₈, composition ⿰骨豊)

Derived characters

• 𭍑, 𥸠

Related characters

• 体 (Japanese shinjitai and simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1451, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45291
• Dae Jaweon: page 1978, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4419, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9AD4

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Chinese

trad.		體
simp.		体*
alternative forms		軆 躰

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
體	*r̥ʰiːʔ
軆	*r̥ʰiːʔ
禮	*riːʔ
澧	*riːʔ
醴	*riːʔ
豊	*riːʔ
鱧	*riːʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *r̥ʰiːʔ) : semantic 骨 (“bone”) + phonetic 豊 (OC *riːʔ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sri (“to exist”) (Benedict, 1976); cognate with Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-ri(t), whence Tibetan སྲིད་པ (srid pa) and Burmese ရှိ (hri., “to be, to exist”).

Schuessler (2007) derives Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-riŋ ~ s-r(j)aŋ (“live, alive, green, raw”) from this root, yet points out that 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs)'s initial *sr- cluster was retained instead of becoming voiceless /r̥/ as in 體 (OC *r̥ʰiːʔ), possibly owing to re-analysis of *s- as a causative prefix.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 體

1. body

   身體／身体  ―  shēntǐ  ―  body

2. part of the body

   肢體／肢体  ―  zhītǐ  ―  limb

3. state of a substance

   固體／固体  ―  gùtǐ  ―  solid state

4. whole entity

   物體／物体  ―  wùtǐ  ―  object

5. form; structure

   體制／体制  ―  tǐzhì  ―  system of organization

6. (literature) style; form; genre; structure

   文體／文体  ―  wéntǐ  ―  literary form

7. style of calligraphy

   隸體／隶体  ―  lìtǐ  ―  clerical script

   聖書體／圣书体  ―  shèngshūtǐ  ―  hieroglyph

8. typeface

   宋體／宋体  ―  sòngtǐ  ―  Song typeface

9. three-dimensional object

   正方體／正方体  ―  zhèngfāngtǐ  ―  cube

10. principle

    • 中學為體，西學為用 [MSC, trad.]
      中学为体，西学为用 [MSC, simp.]

      Zhōngxué wéi tǐ, xīxué wéi yòng [Pinyin]

      Chinese traditional learning as the fundamental structure, Western learning for practical use

11. (Mainland China, grammar) aspect of a verb

    進行體／进行体  ―  jìnxíngtǐ  ―  progressive aspect

12. to do or experience personally

    身體力行／身体力行  ―  shēntǐlìxíng  ―  to practise what one advocates

    體驗／体验  ―  tǐyàn  ―  to learn through experience

13. to put oneself in someone else's position

    體恤／体恤  ―  tǐxù  ―  to understand and sympathize with

14. (Philippines Hokkien) manner; attitude; behavior
15. a surname

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Japanese

Shinjitai	体
Kyūjitai	體

Kanji

體

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 体)

1. body

Readings

• Go-on: たい (tai)
• Kan-on: てい (tei)
• Kun: からだ (karada, 體)、かたち (katachi, 體)

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 體 (MC thejX). Recorded as Middle Korean 톄〮 (thyéy) (Yale: thyéy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [체]

Hanja

Wikisource

體 (eumhun 몸 체 (mom che))

1. hanja form^? of 체 (“body; shape; form”)
2. hanja form^? of 체 (“matter; object”)
3. hanja form^? of 체 (“style; handwriting”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 체육 (體育, cheyuk)
• 체조 (體操, chejo)
• 체력 (體力, cheryeok)
• 단체 (團體, danche)
• 체계 (體系, chegye)
• 전체 (全體, jeonche)
• 체제 (體制, cheje)
• 체중 (體重, chejung)
• 자체 (自體, jache)
• 업체 (業體, eopche)
• 매체 (媒體, maeche)
• 체험 (體驗, cheheom)
• 실체 (實體, silche)
• 시체 (屍體, siche)
• 물체 (物體, mulche)
• 액체 (液體, aekche)
• 기체 (氣體, giche)
• 고체 (固體, goche)
• 체질 (體質, chejil)
• 개체 (個體, gaeche)
• 인체 (人體, inche)
• 주체 (主體, juche)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

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Vietnamese

Han character

體: Hán Nôm readings: thể

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