ChiramiN4 kanji · 7 strokes
体 means body
亻 person · 本 origin
体Memory trick
A person's own origin (本): the body.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- body, substance, object, reality
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) からだ karada
からだ (karada) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: かたち katachi
From Chinese (onyomi) タイ tai
タイ (tai) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: テイ tei
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Common word
全体 ぜんたい · zentai
whole, entirety
Built from
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Quick check
What does 体 mean?
Right: 体 means body.Not quite: 体 means body.In 全体, which reading does 体 use?
Right. 全体 is read ぜんたい (zentai): 体 takes タイ, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 全体 is read ぜんたい (zentai): 体 takes タイ, its reading from Chinese.