身 (shēn)
body/person/life
How 身 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Traditional
- 身
- Simplified
- 身 (unchanged)
Common words using 身
- 單身 dānshēn
- unmarried; single
- 身份 shēnfèn
- identity; status; capacity
- 身價 shēnjià
- social status; price of a slave; price of a person (a sportsman etc)
- 身邊 shēnbiān
- at one's side; on hand
- 身體 shēntǐ
- (human) body; health; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 上身 shàngshēn
- upper part of the body
- 人身 rénshēn
- person; personal; human body
- 修身 xiūshēn
- to cultivate one's moral character
- 健身 jiànshēn
- physical exercise; gymnastics for fitness
- 健身房 jiànshēnfáng
- gym; gymnasium
- 全身 quánshēn
- whole body; em (typography)
- 出身 chūshēn
- to be born of; to come from; family background
身 in a sentence
身體健康最重要。
Shēntǐ jiànkāng zuì zhòngyào.
“Physical health is the most important thing.”
How common is 身?
身 is the 164th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 51.7% of all running text.
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