修身

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (修身)		修	身
simp. #(修身)		修	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ san¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siû-sṳ̂n
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sioushen
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-shên¹
    • Yale: syōu-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shioushen
    • Palladius: сюшэнь (sjušɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ san¹
    • Yale: sāu sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siû-sṳ̂n
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiu´ siin´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiu¹ sin¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨn²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-sin
    • Tâi-lô: siu-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siusyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ sin⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sjuw syin

Rime
Character	修	身
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	息流切	失人切
Baxter	sjuw	syin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨu/	/ɕiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/siu/	/ɕin/
Shao Rongfen	/siəu/	/ɕjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suw/	/ɕin/
Li Rong	/siu/	/ɕiĕn/
Wang Li	/sĭəu/	/ɕĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ə̯u/	/ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiū	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau1	san1

Verb

修身

1. to cultivate one's moral character; to practice self-cultivation

   格物、致知、誠意、正心、修身、齊家、治國、平天下。 [MSC, trad.]
   格物、致知、诚意、正心、修身、齐家、治国、平天下。 [MSC, simp.]

   Géwù, zhìzhī, chéngyì, zhèngxīn, xiūshēn, qíjiā, zhìguó, píngtiānxià. [Pinyin]

   Investigate the nature of things, pursue knowledge, act in good faith, rectify one's mind, cultivate one's moral character, manage one's household, administer state affairs and bring peace to the nation.

   • 修身踐言，謂之善行。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     修身践言，谓之善行。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Xiūshēn jiànyán, wèi zhī shànxíng. [Pinyin]

     To cultivate one's person and fulfil one's words is called good conduct.

Synonyms

• 修養／修养 (xiūyǎng)

Derived terms

• 修身養德／修身养德
• 修身養性／修身养性 (xiūshēn yǎngxìng)
• 修身齊家／修身齐家

 

Adjective

修身

1. (fashion) slim-fit; body-hugging

Japanese

Kanji in this term
修	身
しゅう Grade: 5	しん Grade: 3
kan'on	on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅ​うしん [shúꜜùshìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝːɕĩɴ]

Noun

修(しゅう)身(しん) • (shūshin) ^{←しうしん (siusin)?}

1. cultivation of one's moral and behavior
2. (historical) a subject of moral training education that was taught in Japanese elementary schools from 1890 to 1945
   • 1933, Osamu Dazai, Omoide [Recollections]‎^[1]:

     それから間(ま)もなく試(し)驗(けん)が來(き)たけれど、私(わたし)は博(はく)物(ぶつ)でも地(ち)理(り)でも修(しう)身(しん)でも、教(けう)科(くわ)書(しよ)の一(いち)字(じ)一(いつ)句(く)をそのまま暗(あん)記(き)して了(しま)ふやうに努(つと)めた。

     Sore kara ma mo naku shiken ga kita keredo, watashi wa hakubutsu de mo chiri de mo shūshin de mo, kyōkasho no ichiji ikku o sono mama anki shite shimau yō ni tsutometa.

     Soon thereafter there was an exam, and I made an effort to memorize exact every single word and phrase in my textbooks of natural history, geography and moral training.

See also

• 道(どう)徳(とく) (dōtoku)

Korean

Hanja in this term
修	身

Noun

修身 • (susin) (hangeul 수신)

1. Hanja form^? of 수신.