(): body, form, style, system, substance, to experience

() is a Chinese character meaning “body.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (structural) and (structural). It ranks #149 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. body
  2. form
  3. style
  4. system
  5. substance
  6. to experience

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
nounshēn tǐthe body2
nounméi tǐmedia, esp. news media5
adjective/verbjù tǐconcrete5
verbtǐ yànto experience for oneself5
nountǐ yùsports3
nounquán tǐall5
nountuán tǐgroup6
verb/nountǐ huìto know from experience5
nounrén tǐhuman body5
nountǐ zhòngbody weight4
nountǐ lìphysical strength5
nounqì tǐgas (i.e. gaseous substance)6
nounwù tǐobject6
nounjí tǐcollective (decision)5
nounyè tǐliquid6
nountǐ wēn(body) temperature4
nountǐ yù guǎngym3
verbtǐ xiànto embody5
nounzhěng tǐwhole entity5
nountǐ xìsystem6
tǐ cāogymnastic6
nounqún tǐcommunity5
verbtǐ jiǎnabbr. for 體格檢查|体格检查[ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2]4
noungè tǐindividual6
nounzǒng tǐcompletely5
nountǐ jīvolume6
noungù tǐsolid6
nounduō méi tǐmultimedia6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
luǒ tǐnaked
ròu tǐphysical body
qū tǐ(human) body
dé tǐappropriate to the occasion
jīng tǐcrystal
100
Total compounds
12
As first character
88
As last character
0
As middle character

appears in 100 compound words: 12 as the first character, 88 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

méi
0.680298,489 co-occurrences
0.603323,078 co-occurrences
shī
0.59242,412 co-occurrences
tuán
0.562191,706 co-occurrences
jīng
0.51145,030 co-occurrences
0.492126,498 co-occurrences
zhǔ
0.48820 co-occurrences
0.48538,610 co-occurrences
0.4784,164 co-occurrences
zhěng
0.47499,630 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (31)

bùchéngtǐtǒngHSK 5+

most improper; downright outrageous

phrase
bùshídàtǐHSK 2+

to fail to see the larger issues; to ignore the general issues

phrase
chénghétǐtǒngHSK 5+

what impropriety it is; what a scandal

phrase
chìshēnlùtǐHSK 7+

to be completely naked

phrase
cíxióng tóng tǐHSK 7+

hermaphrodite

noun
cǐ shì tǐ dàHSK 4+

see 茲事體大|兹事体大[zi1 shi4 ti3 da4]

phrase
gòngxiǎng ruǎntǐHSK 5+

shareware

noun
húnrányītǐHSK 7+

to be one integrated mass; to be a unified entity

phrase
húnbùfùtǐHSK 7+

to be so scared or shocked that one practically leaps out of one's skin

phrase
jítǐ jīngjìHSK 5+

collective economy

noun
jítǐ sùsòngHSK 7+

class action

noun
jù tǐ ér wēiHSK 4+

miniature; scaled-down; forming a microcosm

phrase

Showing 12 of 31 idioms containing .

Example Sentences

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Zhè gè wèntí tài fùzá le, wǒmen xūyào gèng duō shíjiān lái yánjiū tā.

This problem is too complex; we need more time to study it.

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. . . yè , huáng jīn bái yín yuán yóu qí zhǎng , měi gǔ sān dà zhǐ shǔ jí tī shǎng zhǎng 丨 . .

... The night, gold, silver, crude oil rose, the three major U.S. stock indexes rose collectively 丨.....

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chūn jié bù wàng xùn liàn ! 侯 yǒu yí huā shēn yī rì qí jǐng , tī yàn mǎ shù xùn liàn . .

Spring Festival Training! HOU Youyi becomes a "one-day mounted police officer", experiencing equestrian training...

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dōng xī wèn 丨 quán qiú zhèng yāo mǎ nián jí tī shuō mǎ bēi hòu zàng zhe sān chóng wén huā . .

The world's top politicians are talking about horses in the Year of the Horse, a trio of cultural...

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菲 lǜ bīn hǎi jǐng zài nán hǎi tóu fàng bù míng wù tī bèi zhuā xiàn háng , jiān kòng huà miàn gōng bù

Philippine Maritime Police caught dropping unidentified objects in the South China Sea, surveillance footage released

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Xinhua Insight | Fujian: Physical Bookstores Transform into "Cultural Living Rooms," Promoting Reading Among All Citizens

Tatoeba

你身一直非常好,怎么突然间住医院了?

Nǐ shēntǐ yīzhí fēicháng hǎo, zěnme tūránjiān zhù yīyuàn le?

Your body was always very healthy; why are you suddenly in the hospital?

Tatoeba

可以说说您的具要求吗?

Kěyǐ shuōshuo nín de jùtǐ yāoqiú ma?

Could you tell me what your specific requirements are?

Tatoeba

你的重增加了,不是吗?

Nǐ de tǐzhòng zēngjiā le, bùshìma?

You've put on weight, haven't you?

Tatoeba

你最近是不是身有点不舒服?

Nǐ zuì jìn shìbùshì shēntǐ yǒudiǎn bù shūfu?

Have you been feeling a bit of discomfort lately?

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 体 (tǐ) mean in Chinese?
体 (tǐ) primarily means "body." It is classified as HSK Level 2, making it a beginner-level character. It ranks #149 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 体 have?
体 is written with 7 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 体?
The radical associated with 体 is 亻 (person). This radical appears in many characters related to person.
What are the components of 体?
体 is composed of: 亻 (structural), 本 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰亻本 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 体?
Common words with 体 include: 身体 (shēn tǐ, "the body"); 媒体 (méi tǐ, "media, esp. news media"); 具体 (jù tǐ, "concrete"); 体验 (tǐ yàn, "to experience for oneself"); 体育 (tǐ yù, "sports"). There are over 100 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 体 (tǐ)?
Several characters share the pronunciation tǐ: 剔 (to scrape the meat from bones), 梯 (ladder, stairs), 踢 (to kick), 提 (to lift, to mention), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 体 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 体 and the traditional form is 體.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.