Meanings
- somebody
- person
- one's station in life
Strokes7
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#320 of 2,500
Kanji N3
身: somebody, person, one's station in life
身 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning somebody, person, one's station in life, written with 7 strokes. It is read シン (on) and み (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 自身 (じしん, self) and 出身 (しゅっしん, one's origin).
身
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- シン
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- み
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 身
The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.
- JLPT N3
- JLPT N3
- 身みJLPT N3
one's body; one's person
- JLPT N3
- JLPT N3
- JLPT N3
- JLPT N2
- JLPT N2
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