体

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

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

• 𭈄, 𭰟, 𬌕, 𫌠/𧡊, 𥮋

• 體 (Orthodox traditional form of 体)

• 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

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

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

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

体

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

体

1. ^‡ name of prison

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 體)

• Go-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: てい (tei, Jōyō)
• Kun: からだ (karada, 体, Jōyō)
• Nanori: なり (nari); み (mi); みる (miru); もと (moto)

This character was originally an alternative form of 笨 (bèn) as used in Chinese. This usage now appears to be obsolete, at least in Japanese, where 体 and 笨 are distinct characters and are not interchangeable. See the Chinese 体 and Japanese 笨 entries for further details.

• 身体(からだ) (karada)
• 為体(ていたらく) (teitaraku)

From Middle Chinese 體 (MC thejX).

The 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu sound”) reading, so likely the initial borrowing from Middle Chinese.

• (Tokyo) た​い [táꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠i]

体(たい) • (-tai) 

1. counter for humanoid objects
   • 2017 March 25, “リンク・スパイダー [Link Spider]”, in STARTER(スターター) DECK(デッキ), Konami:

     通(つう)常(じょう)モンスター１(いっ)体(たい)
     ①(いち)：１(いっ)ターンに１(いち)度(ど)、自(じ)分(ぶん)メインフェイズに発(はつ)動(どう)できる。手(て)札(ふだ)からレベル４以下(よんいか)の通(つう)常(じょう)モンスター１(いっ)体(たい)をこのカードのリンク先(さき)に特(とく)殊(しゅ)召(しょう)喚(かん)する。

     Tsūjō Monsutā ittaī
     Chi: Ittān ni ichi-do, jibun Mein Feizu ni hatsudō dekiru. tefuda kara Reberu yon ika no Tsūjō Monsutā ittai o kono kādo no rinku-saki ni Tokushu Shōkan suru.

     1 or more Normal Monsters
     1: Once per turn, can be activated during your Main Phase. Special Summons 1 Normal Monster of Level 4 or lower from your hand to where this card is linked to.

体(たい) • (tai) 

1. the body (e.g., of a human or animal)
   1. (particularly) the torso excluding the limbs: the trunk, abdomen
2. a substance, matter
3. a form, shape
4. (algebra) field (commutative ring with invertible nonzero elements)

From Middle Chinese 體 (MC thejX).

The 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”) reading, so likely a later borrowing from Middle Chinese.

• (Tokyo) て​ー [téꜜè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [te̞ː]

体(てい) • (tei) 

1. an outward appearance, look, aspect

   そういうていで ― sō iu tei de ― assuming that it is so

• 体(てい)裁(さい) (teisai)
• 体(てい)良(よ)く (teiyoku)

From Middle Chinese 體 (MC thejX).

体 (eumhun 몸 체 (mom che))

1. Alternative form of 體 (“Hanja form^? of 체 (“body”).”)

From Middle Chinese 体 (MC bwonX).

体 (eumhun 용렬할 분 (yongnyeolhal bun))

1. Alternative form of 笨 (“Hanja form^? of 분 (“mediocre; rough”).”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• On (unclassified): てー (tē)
• Kun: からた (karata)

• 五(ぐ)体(てー) (gutē)
• 胴(どぅー)体(てー) (dūtē)

Cognate with Japanese 体 (karada).[1]

• (Shuri-Naha) か​らた [káꜜràtà] (Kakō - [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [kaɾata]

体(からた) (karata) 

1. body

   体(からた)洗(あら)いん

   karata arain

   to wash [one’s] body / to wash oneself

• 胴(どぅー) (dū)

体: Hán Nôm readings: thể

1. body

体: Hán Nôm readings: thấy

1. Alternative form of 𫌠/𧡊 (to see)

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