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Kanji Detail for 身 - "body, self, person"
身
- Meaning
身 means "body, self, person."
Body - The physical form.
Self - One's own person.
Status - Social standing; position.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
somebody; person; one's station in life
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
body; trunk, hull; Kangxi radical 158
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
body, torso; person; pregnancy
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The general term for the whole body. Sometimes distinguished from the head. Such as when someone is killed, it is said 身首異處 (body and head in different places). | Self-reference. Such as saying 致身青雲 (attaining high position). During the Wei and Jin dynasties and the Six Dynasties, people often called themselves 身. Today it is occasionally used in letters. | Being pregnant is called 身. "Book of Odes" says "Da Ren was pregnant." | Volume or body. Such as 河身 (river bed), 船身 (hull of a ship). | 身毒. An ancient country name. That is, Tianzhu. Today's India. Read as 捐篤.
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Sentences including 身
It's a cinch to learn to swim.
English is difficult to learn.
How tall is he?
He is in bonds.
It is beginning to tell on him.
Being only a student , i can't afford to get married.
How tall is he?
He is as tall as my father.
He is from this town.
Put your heart into your business.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
彼らはここで茶を飲み、ここで休息する外に、ここで海水着を洗濯させたり、ここで鹹はゆい身体を清めたり、ここへ帽子や傘を預けたりするのである。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私はその時反対に濡れた身体を風に吹かして水から上がって来た。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
掛茶屋へ帰ると、井戸の水も浴びずに、すぐ身体を拭いて着物を着て、さっさとどこへか行ってしまった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
鎌倉にいた時、私は先生自身の口から、いつでも大抵宅にいるという事を聞いた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
自分と切り離された他人の事実でなくって、自分自身が痛切に味わった事実、血が熱くなったり脈が止まったりするほどの事実が、畳み込まれているらしかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
「奥さん自身嘘と知りながらそうおっしゃるんでしょう」「なぜ」「私にいわせると、奥さんが好きになったから世間が嫌いになるんですもの」「あなたは学問をする方だけあって、なかなかお上手ね」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
そう思われるのは身を切られるより辛いんだから」と奥さんがまたいった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
子供のない奥さんは、そういう世話を焼くのがかえって退屈凌ぎになって、結句身体の薬だぐらいの事をいっていた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
けれども元々身に着いているものだから、出すまいと思っても、いつかそれが父や母の眼に留まった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
「先生帽子が落ちました」「ありがとう」身体を半分起してそれを受け取った先生は、起きるとも寝るとも片付かないその姿勢のままで、変な事を私に聞いた」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
先生自身の経験を持たない私は無論そこに気が付くはずがなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私は風の通らない厚羅紗の下に密封された自分の身体を持て余した。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha