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Kanji Detail for 体 - "body, form"

体

  • Meaning

    体 means "body, form." Also associated with essence.

    1. Body - The physical form; the human frame.

    2. Form - Shape; appearance; structure.

    3. Essence - The fundamental nature; the core.

    4. Embody - To give physical form to; to incorporate.

  • Words using 体

    • 体制 たいせい Listen order; system; structure
    • 全体 ぜんたい Listen whole; entirety; to begin with
    • 団体 だんたい Listen group; party; team
    • 具体的 ぐたいてき Listen concrete; definite; specific
    • 体験 たいけん Listen (practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience
    • 共同体 きょうどうたい Listen cooperative body; cooperative system; collective
    • 自治体 じちたい Listen municipality; local government; self-governing body
    • 体育 たいいく Listen physical education; PE; gym (class)

  • Four-character idioms with 体

    • 一心同体 いっしんどうたい Listen being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one
    • 三位一体 さんみいったい Listen the Trinity; three parts; three components
    • 五体投地 ごたいとうち Listen prostration
    • 人相風体 にんそうふうてい Listen someone's looks and personal appearance
    • 体質改善 たいしつかいぜん Listen improvement of one's constitution; reformation
    • 四肢五体 ししごたい Listen the whole body

  • Origin of 体

    The person radical 亻 beside 本, the root: a person's root — the body as the trunk everything else grows from. (The old form 體 built it from bones 骨 and abundance 豊.)

    How to remember it: Your root 本 with a person 亻 standing in it — the body, where all of you is planted.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 体

    • Verified meaning: body, form
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: essence

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    body; substance; object; reality; counter for images

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    body; group, class, body, unit; inferior

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5]; Taiwan pr. [ti3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    body; group, class; form, style, system

  • Onyomi

    tip

    tai(タイ) タイ

    tei(テイ) テイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    karada(からだ) からだ

    katachi(かたち) かたち

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    body form essence attribute core embody physique anatomy build constitution frame physical posture appearance foundation fundamental nature substance

Sentences including 体

  • Take care of yourself.

  • It's not healthy for you.

  • She was a young girl about your age.

  • She is very anxious about his health.

  • Please take care of yourself not to catch cold.

  • I wonder where she lives.

  • Can the report be true?

  • I have a general idea of what he means.

  • He ruined his health by working too hard.

  • I've been in bad shape these days.

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