Radical 158
Radical 158 or radical body (身部) meaning "body" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.
| 身 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 
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| 身 (U+8EAB) "body" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | shēn | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄕㄣ | |
| Wade–Giles: | shen1 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | san1 | |
| Jyutping: | san1, gyun1 | |
| Japanese Kana: | シン shin (on'yomi) み mi (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 신 sin | |
| Hán-Việt: | thân | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | 身字旁 shēnzìpáng | |
| Japanese name(s): | 身/み mi 身偏/みへん mihen | |
| Hangul: | 몸 mom | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 97 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
身 is also the 160th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
    
 Oracle bone script character Oracle bone script character
 Bronze script character Bronze script character
 Large seal script character Large seal script character
 Small seal script character Small seal script character
Derived characters
    
| Strokes | Characters | 
|---|---|
| +0 | 身 | 
| +3 | 躬 | 
| +4 | 躭 (=耽 -> 耳) 躮 躯SC/JP (=軀) | 
| +5 | 躰 (=體 -> 骨) | 
| +6 | 躱 (=躲) 躲 | 
| +7 | 躳 (=躬) 躴 躵 | 
| +8 | 躶 (=裸 -> 衣) 躷 (=矮 -> 矢) 躸 躹 躺 躻 躼 | 
| +9 | 躽 躾 | 
| +10 | 躿 | 
| +11 | 軀 軁 | 
| +12 | 軂 軃 (=躲 / 嚲 -> 口) 軄 (=職 -> 耳) 軅JP (=軈) | 
| +13 | 軆 (=體 -> 骨) | 
| +14 | 軇 | 
| +17 | 軈JP | 
| +20 | 軉 | 
Sinogram
    
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a third grade kanji[1]
References
    
- "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
Literature
    
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
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