The kanji 体: meaning, readings and stroke order

体

Meaning: body
On reading: タイ tai、テイ tei
Kun reading: からだ karada
Strokes: 7
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 2 · grade 2
Old form: 體

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cơ thể (thể)
Japanese: からだ。
Korean: 몸 (분)
Chinese: 身体

Readings, words and example sentences

タイ tai · on reading

体たい力りょく
physical strength, stamina
毎日走って 体たい力りょくをつけます。
I run every day to build my strength.

テイ tei · on reading · less common

体てい裁さい
how things look, appearances
体てい裁さいを気にしすぎます。
He worries too much about how things look.

からだ karada · kun reading

体からだ
body
毎朝 体からだをうごかします。
I move my body every morning.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.