身 (shēn): meaning and stroke order
身 (shēn) means body, life, oneself, personally, one's morality and conduct.
身
- Simplified
- 身
- Traditional
- 身 (same form)
- Pinyin
- shēn
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Stroke order of 身
身
- shēn body; life
- 7 strokes
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Meaning of 身
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shēn
- 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
Radical and structure
- 身
- Radical 身 (Kangxi radical 158) · 7 strokes · built from 𨈐 and 𠄠
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 身
- 本身 běn shēn itself; in itself
- 身上 shēn shang on the body; at hand
- 身子 shēn zi body; pregnancy
- 身体 shēn tǐ the body; one's health
- 转身 zhuǎn shēn (of a person) to turn round; to face about
- 全身 quán shēn the whole body; (typography) em
- 身边 shēn biān at one's side; on hand
- 健身 jiàn shēn to exercise; to keep fit
- 身材 shēn cái stature; build (height and weight)
- 身份 shēn fèn identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以[yi3] + ... + 的身份[de5 shen1 fen4]); status (social, legal etc); position; rank
- 健身房 jiàn shēn fáng gym; fitness club
- 浑身 hún shēn all over; from head to foot
身 in our stories
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李靖以为是妖怪，拔剑一砍，肉球裂开，从里面跳出一个白白胖胖的男孩，手上套着一只金圈，身上围着一条红绫。
Lǐ Jìng yǐwéi shì yāoguài bá jiàn yì kǎn ròuqiú liè kāi cóng lǐmiàn tiào chū yí gè báibáipàngpàng de nánhái shǒu shàng tào zhe yì zhī jīn quān shēn shàng wéi zhe yì tiáo hóng líng
Thinking it was a demon, Li Jing drew his sword and struck; the ball split open and out jumped a plump, fair boy with a gold ring on his wrist and a red silk sash around his body.
From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 身
- Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).