身
Radical 158 (U+2F9D)
身 (U+8EAB) "body"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:shēn
Bopomofo:ㄕㄣ
Wade–Giles:shen1
Cantonese Yale:san1
Jyutping:san1, gyun1
Japanese Kana:シン shin (on'yomi)
み mi (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:신 sin
Hán-Việt:thân
Names
Chinese name(s):身字旁 shēnzìpáng
Japanese name(s):身/み mi
身偏/みへん mihen
Hangul:몸 mom
Stroke order animation

Radical 158 or radical body (身部) meaning "body" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 97 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

身 is also the 160th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

Derived characters

StrokesCharacters
+0身
+3躬
+4躭 (=耽 -> 耳) 躮 躯SC/JP (=軀)
+5躰 (=體 -> 骨)
+6躱 (=躲) 躲
+7躳 (=躬) 躴 躵
+8躶 (=裸 -> 衣) 躷 (=矮 -> 矢) 躸 躹 躺 躻 躼
+9躽 躾
+10躿
+11軀 軁
+12軂 軃 (=躲 / 嚲 -> 口) 軄 (=職 -> 耳) 軅JP (=軈)
+13軆 (=體 -> 骨)
+14軇
+17軈JP
+20軉

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a third grade kanji[1]



References

  1. 1 2 "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
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