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軀
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躯
🇨🇳

human body

HSK 10
Human →Body
qū
ク
むくろ、からだ
Phonosemantic compound. 身 represents the meaning and 區 represents the sound.
Components
身 somebody+ 區 region =
軀 human body
身 Meaning component
shēn somebody
body
區 Phonetic component
region
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Notes
Similar Characters
孕 pregnant躬 stoop躯 body (simp)躲 dodge躺 lie down奩 lady's vanity case (trad)嫗 woman (trad)嘔 vomit (trad)嶇 sheer (trad)慪 annoyed (alt) (trad)摳 dig-out (trad)樞 hub (trad)歐 Europe (trad)毆 hit (trad)漚 sodden (trad)熰 great (trad)甌 cup (trad)瞘 Deeply-Sunk Sunken (trad)謳 sing (trad)驅 drive away (trad)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
躯
Regular
Modern
Chinese
躯 / 軀 [qū]
human body
Japanese
体 、 身体 、 躯 (rare) 、 躰 (rare) からだ 同音

noun

  1. body (からだ is a gikun reading of 身体)
  2. torso; trunk
  3. build; physique; frame; figure
  4. health; constitution
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
カメレオンは周りの色に合わせて体色を変えることができる。
The chameleon can take on the colors of its background.
あのころ、もっと一生懸命体を鍛えていたら、彼は今頃はもっと健康であろうに。
If he had trained himself harder at that time, he would be healthier now.
CHINESE WORDS (5)
躯体 [qū​tǐ] #9,125
body
身躯 [shēn​qū] #15,520
body
躯干 [qū​gàn] #18,910
trunk
躯壳 [qū​qiào] #20,243
the body (housing the soul)
捐躯 [juān​qū] #40,809
to sacrifice one's life
JAPANESE WORDS (5)
⭐ 体 [からだ] #270
body
体躯 [たいく] #13,470
body
巨躯 [きょく] #23,928
big frame
躯体 [くたい] #94,154
frame (of a building)
老躯 [ろうく] #104,835
one's old bones
KOREAN WORDS (2)
거구 #20,919
large build
노구
old body; old bones