体

See also: 體, 休, and 𠇾

体 U+4F53, 体 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F53 ← 佒 [U+4F52] CJK Unified Ideographs 佔 → [U+4F54]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	体
Simplified	体
Traditional	體/体

Alternative forms

In the historical Chinese dictionary Longkan Shoujian (龍龕手鑑), this character is written in the form of ⿰亻夲.

Han character

体 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人木一 (ODM), four-corner 2523₀, composition ⿰亻本)

Derived characters

• 𭈄, 𭰟, 𬌕, 𫌠/𧡊, 𥮋

Related characters

• 體 (Orthodox traditional form of 体)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 509
• Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 130, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4F53

Chinese

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 亻 (“person”) + 本 (“basis”).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 体 – see 體 (“body; part of the body; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 體).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		体

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 体
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (本) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
本	*pɯːnʔ
笨	*pɯːnʔ, *bɯːnʔ
苯	*pɯːnʔ
翉	*pʰɯːnʔ
体	*bɯːnʔ
鉢	*poːd
缽	*poːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *bɯːnʔ): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 本 (OC *pɯːnʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèn (ben⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ban⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèn
    • Wade–Giles: pên⁴
    • Yale: bèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benn
    • Palladius: бэнь (bɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ban⁶
    • Yale: bahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ban⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ben⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: bwonX

Rime
Character	体
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蒲本切
Baxter	bwonX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buənX/
Pan Wuyun	/buonX/
Shao Rongfen	/buənX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwənX/
Li Rong	/buənX/
Wang Li	/buənX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuənX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bun6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯːnʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	体
Reading #	1/1
No.	477
Phonetic component	本
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	獖
Old Chinese	/*bɯːnʔ/
Notes	晉書作笨

Definitions

体

1. alternative form of 笨 (bèn, “coarse appearance; inferior”)
2. Used in 体夫 (“pallbearer”).

Compounds

• 体夫

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		体

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuì (cui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuèi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴
    • Yale: tswèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuey
    • Palladius: цуй (cuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

体

1. (historical dictionaries only) name of prison