Chinese symbol for “status”
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)); status (social, legal etc); position; rank
The closest CC-CEDICT match for status is 身份 (shēn fèn), defined as: 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)); status (social, legal etc); position; rank.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “status”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 身份.
| 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 |
| 身边 (身邊) | shēn biān | at one's side; on hand |
| 自身 | zì shēn | itself; oneself |
| 股份 | gǔ fèn | a share (in a company); stock |
| 月份 | yuè fèn | month |
| 身份证 (身份證) | shēn fèn zhèng | identity card; ID |
See also: Japanese symbol for “status”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.