Dong Chinese dictionary

tǐ

body

Phonosemantic compound. 骨 represents the meaning and 豊 represents the sound.

Components

骨 Meaning component

gǔ

bone

豊 Sound component

lǐ, fēng

abundant

體 and 豊 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.體 /*r̥ˤijʔ/
豊 /*[r]ˤijʔ/

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

tǐ

body; group, class, body, unit; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)

Most common words with 體

Sources