IDENTITY
身shēnbody; oneself
HSK 1Top 230
CORE MEANING
body; oneself
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.bodyHSK1
- 2.oneselfHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 身body radical (shēn)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- 身
USAGE
Common words
身体shēntǐbody; health
身高shēngāoheight
Graded examples
你身体好吗？Nǐ shēntǐ hǎo ma?HSK1
How is your health?
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A side view of a pregnant body — the self. (Originally a pregnancy picture.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #230
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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