IDENTITY
体tǐbody; system
HSK 1Top 400
CORE MEANING
body; system
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.bodyHSK1
- 2.system; styleHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 亻person radical (rén)
- strokes
- 7
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰亻本
- person
- gives the sound tǐ (historical)
USAGE
Common words
身体shēntǐbody
体育tǐyùsports
体温tǐwēnbody temperature
Graded examples
我喜欢上体育课。Wǒ xǐhuan shàng tǐyùkè.HSK2
I like PE class.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A person (亻) rooted (本) in their body.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #400
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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