body

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
骨 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

bone

豊 sound component

  Sound component

fēng

  

abundant

Evolution

體 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
體 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
體 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
體 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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body; group, class, body, unit; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)

Most common words with 體
Freq.
Word
Meaning

身体

the body

尸体

dead body

媒体

media, esp. news media

具体

concrete

body