# 身

| 身 | U+8EAB, &#36523; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EAB |
| ← 躪 [U+8EAA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 躬 → [U+8EAC] |
| ⾝ | U+2F9D, &#12189; KANGXI RADICAL BODY |
| ← ⾜ [U+2F9C] | Kangxi Radicals | ⾞ → [U+2F9E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

身 (Kangxi radical 158, 身+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹難竹 (HXH), four-corner 2740$_0$)
* Kangxi radical #158, ⾝.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/身
* 㑗, 𠗏, 𠲳, 𡌏, 㛛, 㧶, 𨓉, 𮀝, 竧, 裑, 𫊾, 𬢭, 𧼅, 𨌈(𫐍), 銵, 𩫙, 鯓
* 𭄨, 射, 𦎒, 鵢, 𬼧, 𡘪, 䆤, 𢈯, 𤶴

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1237, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38034
* Dae Jaweon: page 1709, character 36
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3807, character 1
* Unihan data for U+8EAB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 身 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 身 | *qʰjin |
| 銵 | *kʰriːŋ |
Pictogram (象形): from a pictograph of a pregnant woman. See also the reversed version 㐆. Unrelated to 射.

### Etymology 1

STEDT relates it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sja-n ~ *sin (“flesh; animal; body”), but recent Old Chinese reconstructions would not support this etymology.
Because 身 is used as a phonetic for 仁 (OC *niŋ) in excavated texts, Baxter and Sagart (2012, 2014) reconstruct the initial as nasal. This would allow for a comparison to Tibetan སྙིང (snying, “heart”), Japhug tɯsni (“heart”) (Baxter and Sagart, 2012; Zhang, Jacques and Lai, 2019), which are from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-niŋ (“heart; mind; brain”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shēn (shen$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sen$^1$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): shěn
    (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): shèn
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шын (šɨn, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): san$^1$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): san$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): sin$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): siin$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂n
    (Hailu, HRS): shin$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sen$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): seng$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): séng
* Eastern Min (BUC): sĭng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sin / sian
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sing$^1$ / sêng$^1$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): xieng$^1$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): sen$^1$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$sen
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shen$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shēn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shen
*** Wade–Giles: shên$^1$
*** Yale: shēn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen
*** Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂən⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: sen$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sen
*** Sinological IPA : /sən⁵⁵/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: shěn
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂẽ²¹/
** (Nanjing)
*** Nanjing Pinyin: shèn
*** Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): shen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂə̃³¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шын (šɨn, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂəŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: san$^1$
*** Yale: sān
*** Cantonese Pinyin: san$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐn⁵⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: san$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐn²¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: sin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sin³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: siin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɨn⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂n
*** Hakka Romanization System: siin$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨn²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shin$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃin⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sen$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sən⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: seng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /səŋ¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: séng
*** Sinological IPA : /seiŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng
*** Sinological IPA : /siŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sing$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sing
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin
*** Tâi-lô: sin
*** Phofsit Daibuun: syn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /sin³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian
*** Tâi-lô: sian
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siefn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /siɛn³³/
* sin - literary;
* sian - vernacular (as classifier).
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit身 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʂən⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʂən⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ʂən²¹/ /sən²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʂẽ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʃə̃²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʂən²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ʂẽ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʂə̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʂəŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʂə̃n³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʂɤŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /sən⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /sən⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /sen⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʂə̃⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʂən³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʂən²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /səŋ¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ʂəŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /sə̃ŋ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /səŋ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /sən⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /sen³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /saŋ³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕiʌ̃³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ɕian¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʂən³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /sən³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /sɨn⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /sən⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ʃen²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /sɐn⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /sɐn⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /sɐn⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /sin⁵⁵/ /sian⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /siŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /seiŋ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /siŋ³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /tin²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: syin
Rime :
| Character | 身 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 失人切 |
| Baxter | syin |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕiɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕjen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕin/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭĕn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shēn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | san$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*n̥i[ŋ]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰjin/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 身 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shēn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syin › |
| Old Chinese | /*n̥i[ŋ]/ |
| English | body; self |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 身 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11247 |
| Phonetic component | 身 |
| Rime group | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 申 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰjin/ |
| Notes | 甲金文象人鼓其腹， 表其身有孕，非申聲 |

#### Definitions

身
* (anatomy) body
* (figurative) body; main part
    機身／机身 ― jīshēn ― fuselage
    杯身 ― bēishēn ― body of a cup
* oneself
    身不由己 ― shēnbùyóujǐ ― in spite of oneself
* in person; personally
    以身試法／以身试法 ― yǐshēnshìfǎ ― to challenge the law personally
* I; me
    From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3rd century CE
    Fēi jù shuǐ duàn qiáo, chēnmù héngmáo yuē: “Shēn shì Zhāng Yìdé yě, kě lái gòng juésǐ!” Dí jiē wú gǎn jìn zhě....... [Pinyin]
    [Zhang] Fei seized the river[bank] and destroyed the bridge; he glared angrily with widened eyes, brandished his spear, then declared: "I am Zhang Yide! Come fight me to the death anyone who can!" Of all enemies, none dared approach [...].
* life; one's (entire) life
    終身／终身 ― zhōngshēn ― lifelong
    身後／身后 ― shēnhòu ― time after death
* social status
    出身不凡 ― chūshēn bùfán ― to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
    身敗名裂／身败名裂 ― shēnbàimíngliè ― to have lost all standing and reputation
* moral character
       xiūshēn, qíjiā, zhìguó, píngtiānxià [Pinyin]
       to cultivate one's moral character, put one's own house in order, run the country well and let peace prevail on earth
    潔身自好／洁身自好 ― jiéshēnzìhào ― to keep one’s integrity and/or chastity
* Classifier for suits of clothes.
* (euphemistic) pregnancy
    Synonyms: 身子 (shēnzi), 身孕 (shēnyùn)
* (literary or Southern Min, Puxian Min) Classifier for statues, dolls, puppets.
* (Southern Min) Classifier for silkworms.
* (Cantonese, idiomatic) Classifier for beatings.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 身體 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 身體, 身子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 身體 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 身體, 身子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 身體 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 身體, 身子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 身體, 身子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 身體 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 身子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 身子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 身體, 身子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 身子, 身子骨兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 身子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 身子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 身體, 身子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 身體, 身子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 身子, 身板骨兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 身體, 身子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 身 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 身體, 身子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 身體, 身子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 身子, 身體 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 身子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 身子, 體子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 身體, 身子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 身體 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 身體, 身子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 身體, 身子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 身體, 身子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 身體, 身子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 身子, 身體 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 身子, 身體 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 身體, 身子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 身子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 身子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 身體, 身子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 身, 身子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 身 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 身體 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 身 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 身 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 身 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 身體 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 身, 身體 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 身 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 身 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 身 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 身體 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 身 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 身體 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 身 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 身 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 身體 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 身體, 身 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 身 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 身 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 身 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 身 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 身 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 身體, 身子 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 身 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 身 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 身 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 身體 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 身體 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 身 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 身體 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 身仔, 身體 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 身體 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 完身 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 完身 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 身 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 身體, 完身 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 身體 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 完身 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 完身 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 身 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 膚身 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 身體 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 身體 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 圓身 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 圓身 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 膴身 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 圓身, 圍身 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 膴身 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 膴身 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 膚身 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 膚身 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 身體 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 身體 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 身體, 身子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 身子, 身體, 身得, 身坯得 |
| Jin | Linhe | 身子 |
| Jin | Jining | 身體 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 身體, 身子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 身體, 身子 |
| Jin | Handan | 身體, 身子 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 身, 身體 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 身 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 身體 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 完身 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 完身 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 完身 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 完身 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 完身 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 完身 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 身體 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 完身, 身體 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 完身 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 身體 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 渾身, 渾軀 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 身體 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 身體 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 身體 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 身軀 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 身體 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 身軀 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 完身 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 完身 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 身 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 身 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 身 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 身體, 身子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 身體 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 身體 |
| Wu | Danyang | 身體 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 身體 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 身體 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 身體 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 身子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 身子 |

#### Descendants

* → Vietnamese: thân (身)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): juān, yuān (juan$^1$, yuan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄢ, ㄩㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gyun$^1$ / jyun$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: juān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyuan
*** Wade–Giles: chüan$^1$
*** Yale: jywān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuan
*** Palladius: цзюань (czjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuān
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuan
*** Wade–Giles: yüan$^1$
*** Yale: ywān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuan
*** Palladius: юань (juanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gyun$^1$ / jyun$^4$
*** Yale: gyūn / yùhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gyn$^1$ / jyn$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gün$^1$ / yun$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kyːn⁵⁵/, /jyːn²¹/

#### Definitions

身
* Only used in 身毒 (Juāndú).

### Compounds

* 一身 (yīshēn)
* 上身 (shàngshēn)
* 下身 (xiàshēn)
* 三身 (sānshēn)
* 三轉身 / 三转身
* 中身
* 中陰身 / 中阴身
* 乞身
* 亢身
* 人身 (rénshēn)
* 以身作則 / 以身作则 (yǐshēnzuòzé)
* 伏身
* 保身 (bǎoshēn)
* 便身
* 俯身 (fǔshēn)
* 倒身 (dǎoshēn)
* 修身 (xiūshēn)
* 健身 (jiànshēn)
* 側身 / 侧身 (cèshēn)
* 健身房 (jiànshēnfáng)
* 健身院
* 備身府 / 备身府
* 傷身 / 伤身 (shāngshēn)
* 充身
* 光身子
* 光身漢 / 光身汉
* 免身
* 全身 (quánshēn)
* 典身
* 凶身 (xiōngshēn)
* 出身 (chūshēn)
* 分身 (fēnshēn)
* 切身 (qièshēn)
* 分身法
* 分身術 / 分身术 (fēnshēnshù)
* 前身 (qiánshēn)
* 動身 / 动身 (dòngshēn)
* 包身工 (bāoshēngōng)
* 化身 (huàshēn)
* 半身 (bànshēn)
* 卑身
* 占身
* 厝身
* 可身
* 合身 (héshēn)
* 告身
* 周身 (zhōushēn)
* 單身 / 单身 (dānshēn)
* 喪身 / 丧身 (sàngshēn)
* 單身漢 / 单身汉 (dānshēnhàn)
* 單身貴族 / 单身贵族 (dānshēn guìzú)
* 回身 (huíshēn)
* 團身 / 团身
* 報身 / 报身 (bàoshēn)
* 塑身 (sùshēn)
* 失身 (shīshēn)
* 失身分
* 奮身 / 奋身
* 女兒身 / 女儿身
* 女身
* 好身手
* 妾身 (qièshēn)
* 委身 (wěishēn)
* 孑身
* 存身 (cúnshēn)
* 孤身 (gūshēn)
* 安身 (ānshēn)
* 守身 (shǒushēn)
* 官身
* 容身 (róngshēn)
* 寄身
* 將身 / 将身
* 尸身 (shīshēn)
* 屈身 (qūshēn)
* 帶身子 / 带身子
* 平身 (píngshēn)
* 庇身
* 廁身 / 厕身 (cèshēn)
* 影身
* 後身 / 后身
* 復身 / 复身
* 惜身
* 戢身
* 抄身 (chāoshēn)
* 扭身
* 投身 (tóushēn)
* 折身
* 投身紙 / 投身纸
* 拔身
* 抽身 (chōushēn)
* 拂身
* 抬身
* 抱身兒 / 抱身儿 (bàoshēnr)
* 持身 (chíshēn)
* 拿身分
* 挺身 (tǐngshēn)
* 挨身
* 捐身
* 探身 (tànshēn)
* 捨身 / 舍身 (shěshēn)
* 探身子
* 插身 (chāshēn)
* 搜身 (sōushēn)
* 揣身體 / 揣身体
* 撲翻身 / 扑翻身
* 撤身
* 攏身 / 拢身
* 㩳身 / 㧐身
* 放倒身
* 敕身
* 敬身
* 文身 (wénshēn)
* 映身
* 暖身
* 替身 (tìshēn)
* 有身 (yǒushēn)
* 本身 (běnshēn)
* 束身
* 栖身 (qīshēn)
* 棲身 / 栖身 (qīshēn)
* 榮身 / 荣身
* 槍身 / 枪身
* 機身 / 机身 (jīshēn)
* 橫身 / 横身
* 櫃身子 / 柜身子
* 欠身 (qiànshēn)
* 正身 (zhèngshēn)
* 歿身 / 殁身
* 殉身
* 殺身 / 杀身 (shāshēn)
* 殺身成仁 / 杀身成仁 (shāshēnchéngrén)
* 沒身 / 没身
* 河身 (héshēn)
* 法身 (fǎshēn)
* 沿身
* 淨身 / 净身 (jìngshēn)
* 混身
* 淨身人 / 净身人
* 渾身 / 浑身 (húnshēn)
* 滿身 / 满身 (mǎnshēn)
* 潤身 / 润身 (rùnshēn)
* 潔身 / 洁身
* 潛身 / 潜身
* 炮身
* 熱身 / 热身 (rèshēn)
* 熱身賽 / 热身赛
* 爽身粉 (shuǎngshēnfěn)
* 獨身 / 独身 (dúshēn)
* 獻身 / 献身 (xiànshēn)
* 現身 / 现身 (xiànshēn)
* 生身 (shēngshēn)
* 留身
* 瘦身 (shòushēn)
* 發身 / 发身 (fāshēn)
* 白身 (báishēn)
* 白身人 (báishēnrén)
* 皈身
* 直身 (zhíshēn)
* 矬身
* 破身
* 稱身 / 称身
* 空身 (kōngshēn)
* 竄身 / 窜身
* 立身 (lìshēn)
* 童身
* 竦身
* 等身
* 粉身 (fěnshēn)
* 紋身 / 纹身 (wénshēn)
* 終身 / 终身 (zhōngshēn)
* 緊身兒 / 紧身儿 (jǐnshēnr)
* 緊身衣 / 紧身衣 (jǐnshēnyī)
* 緊身褡 / 紧身褡
* 縱身 / 纵身 (zòngshēn)
* 纏身 / 缠身 (chánshēn)
* 罄身
* 罩身
* 置身 (zhìshēn)
* 美身
* 翻身 (fānshēn)
* 翻身戶 / 翻身户
* 老身 (lǎoshēn)
* 肉身 (ròushēn)
* 脫身 / 脱身 (tuōshēn)
* 脫身計 / 脱身计
* 腰身
* 自身 (zìshēn)
* 致身
* 船身 (chuánshēn)
* 色身
* 著身
* 葬身 (zàngshēn)
* 藏身 (cángshēn)
* 處身 / 处身 (chǔshēn)
* 裸身 (luǒshēn)
* 襯身 / 衬身
* 親身 / 亲身 (qīnshēn)
* 觸身 / 触身
* 觸身球 / 触身球
* 言身寸
* 託身 / 托身
* 許身 / 许身
* 護身 / 护身 (hùshēn)
* 護身物 / 护身物
* 護身符 / 护身符 (hùshēnfú)
* 護身龍 / 护身龙
* 變身 / 变身 (biànshēn)
* 貼身 / 贴身 (tiēshēn)
* 賠身 / 赔身
* 賣身 / 卖身 (màishēn)
* 賣身契 / 卖身契 (màishēnqì)
* 贖身 / 赎身 (shúshēn)
* 赤身 (chìshēn)
* 起身 (qǐshēn)
* 起身炮
* 躋身 / 跻身 (jīshēn)
* 身丁錢 / 身丁钱
* 身上 (shēnshàng)
* 身下
* 身世 (shēnshì)
* 身亡 (shēnwáng)
* 身價 / 身价 (shēnjià)
* 身先士卒 (shēnxiānshìzú)
* 身分 (shēnfèn)
* 身分證 / 身分证 (shēnfènzhèng)
* 身受 (shēnshòu)
* 身命 (shēnmìng)
* 身型
* 身子 (shēnzi)
* 身孕 (shēnyùn)
* 身家 (shēnjiā)
* 身己 (shēnjǐ)
* 身形 (shēnxíng)
* 身影 (shēnyǐng)
* 身後 / 身后 (shēnhòu)
* 身後事 / 身后事 (shēnhòushì)
* 身心 (shēnxīn)
* 身手 (shēnshǒu)
* 身故 (shēngù)
* 身教 (shēnjiào)
* 身材 (shēncái)
* 身歷聲 / 身历声 (shēnlìshēng)
* 身段 (shēnduàn)
* 身毒
* 身法 (shēnfǎ)
* 身起
* 身軀 / 身躯 (shēnqū)
* 身邊 / 身边 (shēnbiān)
* 身邊人 / 身边人 (shēnbiānrén)
* 身量 (shēnliang)
* 身長 / 身长 (shēncháng)
* 身韻 / 身韵 (shēnyùn)
* 身體 / 身体 (shēntǐ)
* 身高 (shēngāo)
* 躬身 (gōngshēn)
* 車身 / 车身 (chēshēn)
* 輕身 / 轻身 (qīngshēn)
* 輸身 / 输身
* 轉身 / 转身 (zhuǎnshēn)
* 通身 (tōngshēn)
* 連身 / 连身
* 連身裙 / 连身裙 (liánshēnqún)
* 進身 / 进身 (jìnshēn)
* 遁身
* 過身 / 过身 (guòshēn)
* 過過身 / 过过身
* 重身
* 重身子 (zhòngshēnzi)
* 金身
* 錮身 / 锢身
* 鏤身 / 镂身
* 閃身 / 闪身 (shǎnshēn)
* 防身 (fángshēn)
* 附身 (fùshēn)
* 陷身 (xiànshēn)
* 隨身 / 随身 (suíshēn)
* 隨身包 / 随身包
* 隨身寶 / 随身宝
* 隨身燈 / 随身灯
* 隨身聽 / 随身听 (suíshēntīng)
* 隨身袋 / 随身袋
* 隱身 / 隐身 (yǐnshēn)
* 隱身術 / 隐身术
* 隻身 / 只身 (zhīshēn)
* 雙身子 / 双身子 (shuāngshēnzi)
* 靠身
* 章身
* 顯身手 / 显身手 (xiǎn shēnshǒu)
* 飛身 / 飞身 (fēishēn)
* 養身 / 养身 (yǎngshēn)
* 首身
* 騰身 / 腾身
* 鬧翻身 / 闹翻身
* 鹹魚翻身 / 咸鱼翻身 (xiányú fānshēn)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
* body
    Synonym: 体
* identity

#### Readings

* Go-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
* Kun: み (mi, 身, Jōyō)、む (mu, 身)、むくろ (mukuro, 身)

#### Compounds

* 身(しん)体(たい) (shintai): body
* 身(しん)長(ちょう) (shinchō): stature, one's height
* 身(しん)辺(ぺん) (shinpen): one's person
* 身(しん)代(だい) (shindai): one's fortune, one's property
* 身(み)代(が)わり (migawari): a stand-in, a substitute
* 身(み)軽(がる) (migaru): agile, nimble, light on one's feet
* 身(み)形(なり) (minari): one's appearance
* 身(み)近(ぢか) (mijika): close by, near; familiar
* 身(み)元(もと) (mimoto): identity
* 身(み)柄(がら) (migara): social standing
* 身(み)分(ぶん) (mibun): social position
* 身(み)寄(よ)り (miyori): relative
* 身(み)投(な)げ (minage): suicide
* 身(しん)障(しょう)者(しゃ) (shinshōsha): disabled person
* 身(み)の上(うえ) (mi no ue): one's circumstances, one's place in life, one's lot or fortune
* 身(み)勝(がっ)手(て) (migatte): selfishness
* 身(み)の程(ほど) (mi no hodo): one's social position
* 身(み)の回(まわ)り (mi no mawari): one's accoutrements, the things about a person, one's personal belongings
* 全(ぜん)身(しん) (zenshin): whole body
* 心(しん)身(しん) (shinshin): mind and body
* 焼(しょう)身(しん) (shōshin): self-immolation
* 変(へん)身(しん) (henshin): transformation
* 自(じ)身(しん) (jishin): oneself
* 独(どく)身(しん) (dokushin): living alone; a bachelor, a single person
* 単(たん)身(しん) (tanshin): alone, one person
* 前(ぜん)身(しん) (zenshin): past life
* 保(ほ)身(しん) (hoshin): self-protection
* 献(けん)身(しん) (kenshin): devotion
* 立(りっ)身(しん) (risshin): success in life
* 小(しょう)身(しん) (shōshin): humble position
* 細(ほそ)身(み) (hosomi): a narrow body (as of a person or the body of a thing)
* 中(なか)身(み) (nakami): contents, the insides of something
* 黄(き)身(み) (kimi): yolk
* 刺(さし)身(み) (sashimi): sashimi
* 出(しゅっ)身(しん)地(ち) (shusshinchi): one's native place, where someone is from
* 身(み)に着(つ)ける (mi ni tsukeru): to wear, to put on the body
* 一(いっ)身(しん) (isshin): the own person, oneself
* 一(ひと)身(み) (hitomi): the entire body

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 身
* み Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *muy. Cognate with 実 (mi, “seed, fruit, offspring”).
Standalone form of mu below. See also the etymology of 神 (kami, kamu).
Compare Korean 몸 (mom, “body”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) み [mì] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [mʲi]

#### Noun

身(み) • (mi)
* a body; (by extension):
** the main part of something
*** the blade of a sword (as opposed to the handle)
*** meat, flesh (as opposed to skin and bone)
*** wood (as opposed to the bark)
** oneself
** one's position, one's social standing, one's circumstances

##### Derived terms

* 身(み)分(ぶん) (mibun): one's identity, one's social standing
* 中(なか)身(み) (nakami): contents, the insides of something
* 身(み)になる (mi ni naru)
* 刺(さし)身(み) (sashimi): sashimi
* 赤(あか)身(み) (akami): red flesh (of fish); lean meat
* 黄(き)身(み) (kimi): yolk

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 身
* む Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese. Bound form of mi above, only found in compounds.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɯ̟]

#### Noun

身(む) • (mu)
* (only in compounds) a body

##### Derived terms

* 身(む)代(かわり) (mukawari), 質(むかわり) (mukawari): a hostage
* 躯(むくろ) (mukuro), 骸(むくろ) (mukuro), 身(むくろ) (mukuro): a (living) body; a (dead) body, a corpse; a rotten tree trunk
* 正身(むざね) (muzane), 実(むざね) (muzane): the true nature of a person or thing
* 身(む)狭(さ) (Musa)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 身
* むくろ Grade: 3
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese. Compound of 身 (mu, “body”, bound form of standalone mi) +‎ くろ (kuro). The derivation of the kuro element is uncertain, but it might be an alteration or ancient form of 幹 (kara, “trunk, main part”).

#### Alternative forms

* 躯, 骸

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) むくろ [mùkúró] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [mɯ̟kɯ̟ɾo̞]

#### Noun

身(むくろ) • (mukuro)
* a living body
** 720, 日本書紀 (Nihon Shoki, “Chronicles of Japan”), Volume 7, in the section on 景行天皇 (Keikō-tennō, Emperor Keikō):
    身體長大
    人(ひと)となり、むくろ長(たか)く大(おお)きにして
       hitotonari, mukuro takaku ōki ni shite
       His personality and body were lofty and great
* a dead body, a corpse
** 14th century, 太平記 (Taiheiki):
    御首(おんくび)は敷皮(しきかは)の上(うえ)に落(お)ちて質(むくろ)は尚(なほ)坐(ざ)せるが如(ごと)し
       onkubi wa shikikawa no ue ni ochite mukuro wa naozaseru ga gotoshi
       The head fell onto the hide rug, and the corpse looked as if it were sitting straight...
* a rotten tree trunk

##### Derived terms

* 身(むくろ)籠(ごめ) (mukurogome), 躯(むくろ)籠(ごめ) (mukurogome): one's entire body

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 身
* しん Grade: 3
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 身 (syin, “body, self”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕĩɴ]

#### Noun

身(しん) • (shin)
* a body

##### Usage notes

Seldom used on its own. In isolation, the reading mi is much more common.

##### Derived terms

* 身(しん)体(たい) (shintai): a body, one's body

### References

* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 身 (MC syin). Recorded as Middle Korean 신 (sin) (Yale: sin) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 身 (eumhun 몸 신 (mom sin))
* hanja form of 신 (“body”)

#### Compounds

* 대신 (代身, daesin)
* 만신창이 (滿身瘡痍, mansinchang'i)
* 망신 (亡身, mangsin)
* 변신 (變身, byeonsin)
* 병신 (病身, byeongsin)
* 분신 (焚身, bunsin)
* 살신성인 (殺身成仁, salsinseong'in)
* 삽신 (揷腎, sapsin)
* 시신 (屍身, sisin)
* 신병 (身柄, sinbyeong)
* 신분 (身分, sinbun)
* 신원 (身元, sinwon)
* 신체 (身體, sinche)
* 신체 (身體, sinche, “body”)
* 신토불이 (身土不二, sintoburi)
* 자신 (自身, jasin)
* 출신 (出身, chulsin)
* 헌신 (獻身, heonsin)
* 혼신 (渾身, honsin)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

身: Hán Nôm readings: thân
* chữ Hán form of thân (“torso”).

#### Compounds

* 不離身 (bất li thân)
* 倮身 (khỏa thân/khoả thân)
* 出身 (xuất thân)
* 分身 (phân thân)
* 化身 (hóa thân/hoá thân)
* 半身 (bán thân)
* 單身 (đơn thân)
* 守身 (thủ thân)
* 安身 (yên thân)
* 容身 (dung thân)
* 捨身 (xả thân)
* 本身 (bản thân)
* 焼身 (thiêu thân)
* 獨身 (độc thân)
* 現身 (hiện thân)
* 的身 (đích thân)
* 終身 (chung thân)
* 脫身 (thoát thân)
* 苦身 (khổ thân)
* 身世 (thân thế)
* 身分 (thân phận)
* 身形 (thân hình)
* 身殼 (thân xác)
* 身體 (thân thể)
* 防身 (phòng thân)
* 隨身 (tùy thân/tuỳ thân)
* 離身 (li thân)
* 飛身 (phi thân)