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身 — 7 strokes / Radical「身」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 7 strokes / Radical「身」
On
シンしん · shin
Kun
みmi
Meaning
body, oneself

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A picture of a person with a big rounded belly. From this it came to mean 'body / oneself'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシンしんshin身体しんたい単身たんしん等身大とうしんだい
Kunみmi身み身内みうち親身しんみ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 身体しんたい

    body

  • 中身なかみ

    contents

More words with this kanji

  • 痩身そうしん
  • 挺身ていしん
  • 渾身こんしん
  • 満身創痍まんしんそうい
  • 身が竦むみがすくむ
  • 躱身たしん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

毎日(まいにち) 身(み)を きれいに します。

I keep my body clean every day.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

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