身 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. からだ。
  2. みずから

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

腹部を強調して描かれた人の象形文字、あるいは人の腹部に○印を加えた指事文字。「からだ」を意味する漢語{身}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

somebody, person, one's station in life

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シンElem.
Kun (native)
  • Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音shen1
  • 拼音juan1
  • 한글sin
  • Hán-ViệtThân
  • Hán-ViệtQuyên

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
身(み)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+8EAB

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱丿⿹⿴⿻[.x]冂丿二一

Words using this kanji

  • (み)、身体。 (み)魚などの肉の部分。 (み)自分自身。one's body, one's person, oneself, one's appearance
  • 身長しんちょう(しんちょう) (みたけ) 語義1と同義ではあるが、古来の語。「身丈」とも記す。。height (of a person), stature
  • 身元みもと「みもと」の漢字表記。(one's) identity, background, upbringing, birth (and parentage)
  • 身分みぶん属することにより、本人の意思に関わらず所属しない者にない特定の権能を得る又は義務を負う集団又は地位。(social) standing, status, position, rank
  • 身柄みがら「みがら」参照。one's person
  • 身内みうち「みうち」参照。relatives, one's family, friends, members of the same organization
  • 身代金要求みのしろきんようきゅうransom demand
  • 身障者しんしょうしゃ(physically) disabled person, person with a physical disability
  • 身の回りみのまわりone's personal belongings, one's vicinity, one's daily life, everyday necessities
  • 身体障害者しんたいしょうがいしゃ身体の機能に何らかの障害がある者。(physically) disabled person, person with a physical disability
  • 身上しんじょう身の上。 身体の表面。 取り柄。one's background, one's history, one's circumstances, one's merit
  • 身辺しんぺん身の回り。one's person, around one's person
  • 身動きみうごきmovement (of one's body), moving about, stirring, acting freely
  • 身分証明書みぶんしょうめいしょ組織に所属している者がその組織で身分を有していることを証明する文書。identification papers, piece of identification, identity document, ID
  • 身代わりみがわり「みがわり」の漢字表記。substitution (for someone else), substitute, stand-in, scapegoat
  • 身近みぢかnear oneself, close to one, familiar
  • 身寄りみより「みより」の漢字表記。relative, relation
  • 身の上みのうえone's station in life, one's personal history, one's circumstances, one's lot
  • 身軽みがるagile, nimble, light (of foot), casual (clothing)
  • 身なりみなり「みなり」の漢字表記。dress, attire, clothing, getup

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Lookup codes

SKIP
4-7-3
Four Corner
2740.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a7.5
Heisig
1337
Nelson
4601