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体

See also: 體, 休, and 𠇾
体 U+4F53, 体
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F53
← 佒
[U+4F52] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 佔 →
[U+4F54]

Contents

TranslingualEdit

Japanese 体
Simplified 体
Traditional 體/体

Alternative formsEdit

In the historical Chinese dictionary Longkan Shoujian (龍龕手鑑), this character is written in the form of ⿰亻夲.

Han characterEdit

体 (radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人木一 (ODM), four-corner 25230, composition ⿰亻本)

Derived charactersEdit

Related charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

Usage notesEdit

  • Readings as traditional 体 (coarse; inferior):
    ban6 (Cantonese), bèn (Mandarin), bun (Korean), hon (Japanese).
  • Readings as simplification of 體 (body; group):
    tai2 (Cantonese), tǐ (Mandarin), che (Korean), tei or tai (Japanese), thể (Vietnamese).

ChineseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 亻 (“person”) + 本 (“basis”).

For pronunciation and definitions of 体 – see 體 (“body; part of the body; etc.”).
(This character, 体, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 體.)
Notes:

Etymology 2Edit

simp. and trad.
 体

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (本) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
本 *pɯːnʔ
笨 *pɯːnʔ, *bɯːnʔ
苯 *pɯːnʔ
翉 *pʰɯːnʔ
体 *bɯːnʔ
鉢 *poːd
缽 *poːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *bɯːnʔ): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 本 (OC *pɯːnʔ).

PronunciationEdit

Rime
Character 体
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 魂 (55)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 蒲本切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/buənX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/buonX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/buənX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bwənX/
Li
Rong 		/buənX/
Wang
Li 		/buənX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱuənX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bèn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 体
Reading # 1/1
No. 477
Phonetic
component 		本
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		獖
Old
Chinese 		/*bɯːnʔ/
Notes 晉書作笨

DefinitionsEdit

体

  1. Alternative form of 笨 (bèn, “coarse appearance; inferior”).
  2. Used in 体夫 (“pallbearer”).
CompoundsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

simp. and trad.
 体

PronunciationEdit

DefinitionsEdit

体

  1. ‡ name of prison

JapaneseEdit

Shinjitai

体

Kyūjitai

體

Kanji 1Edit

体

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 體)

  1. body

ReadingsEdit

Kanji 2Edit

体
(Uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, co-opted for common use, see above)
  1. inferior[1]
  2. rough, rude (same as 笨)[1]

ReadingsEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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Kanji in this term
体
からだ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

PronunciationEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

体 (hiragana からだ, rōmaji karada)

  1. body
    • 2004 November 9, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第だい二十六訓くん　旅たびにはパンツは忘わすれてもＵＮＯウノは忘わすれるな [Lesson 26: Never Forget to Bring UNO on a Trip Even If You Might Forget Your Underwear]”, in 銀ぎん魂たま [Silver Soul], volume 4 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      あー　身体 (からだ)も重 (おも)いし　完全 (かんぜん)に二 (ふつ)日 (か)酔 (よ)いじゃの〰アッハッハッハッハッ
      Ā karada mo omoishi Kanzen ni futsukayoi ja no~Ahhahhahhahha'
      Agh, my body feels all heavy. Must be the hangover〰Ahahahaha
  2. health
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Kanji in this term
体
たい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 體 (thejX, “body”).

PronunciationEdit

CounterEdit

体 (hiragana たい, rōmaji -tai)

  1. counter for humanoid objects
    • 2017 March 25, “リンク・スパイダー [Link Spider]”, in ＳＴＡＲＴＥＲスターター ＤＥＣＫデッキ (in Japanese), Konami:
      通つう常じょうモンスター１体たい
      ①：１ターンに１度ど、自じ分ぶんメインフェイズに発はつ動どうできる。手て札ふだからレベル４以い下かの通つう常じょうモンスター１体たいをこのカードのリンク先さきに特とく殊しゅ召しょう喚かんする。
      Tsūjō Monsutā ittai
      ①: Ittān ni ichi-do, jibun Mein Feizu ni hatsudō dekiru. Tefuda kara Reberu 4 ika no Tsūjō Monsutā ittai o kono kādo no Rinku-saki ni Tokushu Shōkansuru.
      1 or more Normal Monsters
      ①: Once per turn, can be activated during your Main Phase. Special Summon 1 Normal Monster of Level 4 or lower from your hand to where this card is linked to.

NounEdit

体 (hiragana たい, rōmaji tai)

  1. body
  2. form
  3. (algebra) field (commutative ring with invertible nonzero elements)
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms

Etymology 3Edit

Kanji in this term
体
てい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

PronunciationEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

体 (hiragana てい, rōmaji tei)

  1. appearance
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 諸橋轍次 (Morohashi Tetsuji), chief ed. 大漢和辞典 (Dai Kan-Wa Jiten, "Comprehensive Chinese–Japanese Dictionary"). 13 vols. 1955–1960. Revised and enlarged ed. 1984–1986. Tokyo: Taishukan.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

KoreanEdit

VietnameseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Han characterEdit

体 (thể)

  1. body

Etymology 2Edit

Han characterEdit

体 (thấy)

  1. Alternative form of 𫌠/𧡊 (to see)
ReferencesEdit
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