Radical 158

身
157 ⾜ ◄	158	► ⾞ 159
Pinyin :	shēn (= body)
Zhuyin :	ㄕ ㄣ
Hiragana :	み mi
Kanji :	身 偏 mihen (= radical body)
Hangul :	몸
Sinocorean :	신 sin
Codepoint :	U + 8EAB
Stroke sequence :

Radical 158 , meaning " body ", is one of twenty of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese script that are written with seven strokes.

With 13 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are only a few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

The radical "body" takes only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals, the 158th position. It can be found in a completely different place in modern abbreviation dictionaries. In the New Chinese-German Dictionary from the People's Republic of China, for example, it is in 200th position.

The seal form of the character represents a human body with a noticeably protruding belly . Originally a pregnant woman was to be shown. The present sign also represents the male body.

As a bearer of meaning, 身 puts its signs in the context of “body” such as 躯 (= human body), 躬 (= bend forward), 躲 (= hide), 躺 (= ​​lie down). 射 (she = to shoot) shows in the oracle bone shape an arrow lying on a stretched bow. In the bronze font form, a hand is added at the end of the arrow. The seal form then appears in two variants: In one there is a 矢 (= arrow) next to the 身 (= body), in the other the component 寸 (cun ​​= thumb), which here means "hand". The body 身 indicates that the arrow will be shot from there.

Character combinations ruled by radical 158

Man And Woman

Strokes	character
+ 00	身
+ 03	躬
+ 04	躭 躮 躯
+ 05	躰
+ 06	躱 躲
+ 07	躳 躴 躵
+ 08	躶 躷 躸 躹 躺 躻 躼
+ 09	躽 躾
+10	躿
+11	軀 軁
+12	軂 軃 軄
+13	軅 軆
+14	軇
+17	軈
+20	軉

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 158 is coded under the code point number 12.189 (U + 2F9D).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 36 .
• Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 41 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 158  - Graphic representations of Radikal 158

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of radical 158 on page 135