Hanja Analyzer
体

体 — che, bun

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
몸 체, 용렬할 분
Romanization
che, bun
English
body; group, class, body, unit; inferior
Mandarin
tǐ
Japanese on'yomi
タイ, テイ, ホン, ボン
Japanese kun'yomi
からだ かたち
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#88 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Variant forms
軆 體
Radical
人 (9, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
本
Unicode
U+4F53

Parts that make up 体

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 本 근본 본sound 나무 밑동에 표를 한 모양뿌리와 바탕. ‘본’ 계열의 소리

How 体 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 体 as a ideographic compound involving 人, 本.

Japanese words with 体

  • 全体ぜんたい whole; entirety; to begin with
  • 体制たいせい order; system; structure
  • 団体だんたい group; party; team
  • 具体的ぐたいてき concrete; definite; specific
  • 体からだ body; torso; trunk
  • 体験たいけん (practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience
  • 共同体きょうどうたい cooperative body; cooperative system; collective
  • 自治体じちたい municipality; local government; self-governing body
  • 遺体いたい (dead) body; corpse; remains
  • 体育たいいく physical education; PE; gym (class)
  • 具体ぐたい concreteness; embodiment
  • 一体いったい (what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth

Characters sharing the phonetic 本

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “체”

Other hanja with radical 人

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