身体

しんたい

body

Mnemonic

Two characters for the body put together into one word, which is what makes it the formal one. A shin しん and a tie たい, and a sound mind lives in one of these: しんたい.

Worth knowing

からだ is the everyday reading of 体, and 身み on its own is your own person rather than the flesh. しんたい is the stiff word, for health checks and proverbs.

Built from

身

body, oneself

A figure in profile with the belly drawn out. The body you carry about.

体

body

亻 person + 本 root, origin

Words sharing these kanji

自身 self 身 body, one's own person 全身 the whole body 中身 content, interior 体 body 一体 what on earth, what the…正体 true character, true form 大体 mostly 体力 stamina, endurance 全体 whole, total 死体 corpse, body 肉体 body, flesh

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