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Chinese symbol for “torso”

本体
běn tǐ
Traditional: 本體
main part; torso; the thing in itself; noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for torso is 本体 (běn tǐ), defined as: main part; torso; the thing in itself; noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

本 běn
root, origin, source; basis
radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes
体 tǐ
body; group, class; form, style, system
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “torso”

WordPinyinMeaning
躯干 (軀幹)qū gàntrunk; torso
胴dònglarge intestine; torso

Related words

Other words that share a character with 本体.

WordPinyinMeaning
根本gēn běnfundamental; basic
基本jī běnbasic; fundamental
版本bǎn běnversion; edition
资本 (資本)zī běncapital (economics)
本来 (本來)běn láioriginal; originally
本身běn shēnitself; in itself
媒体 (媒體)méi tǐmedia, esp. news media
身体 (身體)shēn tǐthe body; one's health

See also: Japanese symbol for “torso”.

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.

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