身
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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
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #171 U+8EAB
How 身 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A pregnant woman
How to remember it
somebody · Heisig RSH #1026
nose
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 身
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 身高马大 | shēn gāo mǎ dà | tall; huge |
| 身无分文 | shēn wú fēn wén | (idiom) penniless; completely broke |
| 身无长物 | shēn wú cháng wù | (idiom) to possess nothing except bare necessities; to live a frugal life |
| 身体力行 | shēn tǐ lì xíng | to practice what one preaches (idiom) |
| 身子 | shēn zi | body; pregnancy; health |
| 人身 | rén shēn | person; personal; human body |
| 一身 | yī shēn | whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes |
| 重身子 | zhòng shēn zi | pregnant; pregnant woman |
| 身心 | shēn xīn | body and mind; mental and physical |
| 自身 | zì shēn | itself; oneself; one's own |
| 身外之物 | shēn wài zhī wù | mere worldly possessions |
| 身家 | shēn jiā | oneself and one's family; family background; pedigree; one's property; one's total assets |
| 人身安全 | rén shēn ān quán | personal safety |
| 机身 | jī shēn | body of a vehicle or machine; fuselage of a plane |
| 动身 | dòng shēn | to go on a journey; to leave |
| 化身 | huà shēn | incarnation; reincarnation; embodiment (of abstract idea); personification |
| 上身 | shàng shēn | upper part of the body; to put on (clothes on the upper body); (of a spirit, disease, misf… |
| 身上 | shēn shang | on the body; at hand; among |
| 安身 | ān shēn | to make one's home; to take shelter |
| 身手 | shēn shǒu | skill; talent; agility |