体
Translingual
| 体 | |
| 体 | |
| 体體 |
Etymology
In its traditional sense ("inferior") — Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 本
As a simplification of 體 ("body") — Ideogrammic compound (會意): 亻 (“person”) + 本 (“basis”)
Han character
体 (radical 9 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人木一 (ODM), four-corner 25230, composition ⿰亻本)
- body (as simplification of 體)
- group, class, body, unit (as simplification of 體)
- inferior (as traditional 体)
Usage notes
Readings as traditional 体 (inferior):
- ban6 (Cantonese), bèn (Mandarin), bun (Korean), or hon (Japanese).
Readings as simplification of 體 (body, group):
- Cantonese tai2, Mandarin tǐ and tī, Korean che, Japanese tei and tai, and Vietnamese thể.
See also
References
- KangXi: page 98, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 509
- Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 130, character 1
- Unihan data for U+4F53
Japanese
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Hanzi
体 (traditional 體, pinyin tǐ (ti3), bèn (ben4), tī (ti1), Wade-Giles t'i3)