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体

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body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)

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HSK 3.0
Level 1
Old HSK
Level 2
Strokes
7
Radical
人 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
体
Common rank
#45
Unicode
U+4F53

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Formation & memory

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How 体 is formed

Components 亻 本

How to remember it

body · Heisig RSH #813

人 person + 本 notebook

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 体

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
身体 shēn tǐ the body; one's health
大体 dà tǐ in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the …
人体 rén tǐ human body
一体 yī tǐ an integral whole; all concerned; everybody
国体 guó tǐ state system (i.e. form of government); national prestige
山体 shān tǐ form of a mountain
水体 shuǐ tǐ body of water
一体化 yī tǐ huà to integrate; to unify
大体上 dà tǐ shàng overall; in general terms
手自一体 shǒu zì yī tǐ manumatic
不体面 bù tǐ miàn to not appear to be decent or respectful; shameful
海马体 hǎi mǎ tǐ (anatomy) hippocampus
斯事体大 sī shì tǐ dà see 茲事體大|兹事体大[zi1 shi4 ti3 da4]
天体 tiān tǐ celestial body; nude body
天体力学 tiān tǐ lì xué celestial mechanics
体性 tǐ xìng disposition
有机体 yǒu jī tǐ organism
人体工学 rén tǐ gōng xué ergonomics
机体 jī tǐ organism (biology); airframe (aeronautics)
白体 bái tǐ lean type