Chinese Character Wiki
身

shēn

body

Pictograph of a person with a protruding midsection.

Evolution

身 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
身 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
身 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
身 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
身 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

身  

shēn

body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158; 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

Most common words with 身
Freq.
Word
Meaning

身

body

身体

the body

身上

on the body

身边

on hand

身份

identity

Component uses

Meaning component in 5 characters (2 verified)

躺 躬 躲 軀 躯

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

孕

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*n̥i[ŋ]

syin

shēn

body; self


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 96.2678% of movies

213th most common character in movies

164th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+8EAB

Shuowen

“身，躳也。象人之身。从人，聲。”


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