身 — Chinese character

身

shēn

body, torso; person; pregnancy

Pinyin: shēn
Radical: 158 ⾝ (Body)
Strokes: 7
Formation: pictographic — A pregnant woman
Japanese: 身 as a kanji

Common words with 身

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
身体 (身體)	shēn tǐ	the body; one's health
身上	shēn shang	on the body; at hand
本身	běn shēn	itself; in itself
身份	shēn fèn	identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以 (yǐ) + ... + 的身份 (de shēn fèn)); s
身边 (身邊)	shēn biān	at one's side; on hand
自身	zì shēn	itself; oneself
全身	quán shēn	the whole body; (typography) em
出身	chū shēn	to be born of; to come from
身分	shēn fèn	variant of 身份 (shēn fèn)
身为 (身為)	shēn wéi	in the capacity of; as
身份证 (身份證)	shēn fèn zhèng	identity card; ID
终身 (終身)	zhōng shēn	lifelong; all one's life

English words written with 身

身 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 23 · Analects 17 · I Ching 2 · Mencius 53 · Zhuangzi 115 · Great Learning 15 · Doctrine of the Mean 17

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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