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Kanji: 体

KANJI
体
7 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
からだ
かたち
 ON 音 
タイ
テイ
STROKE ORDER
Slow Fast
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JLPT Level:
JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:
人(亻)
Radical name:
ひと(にんべん)
Meaning:
Body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
Usage:
Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 90 kanji are used more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N5
体(からだ)
Body
N4
大体(だいたい)
generally
N3
一体(いったい)
(1) one object, one body, (2) what on earth?, really?, (3) generally
N3
具体(ぐたい)
concrete, tangible, material
N3
身体(しんたい)
the body
N3
全体(ぜんたい)
whole, entirety, whatever (is the matter)
N3
体育(たいいく)
physical education, gymnastics, athletics
N3
体温(たいおん)
temperature (body)
N3
団体(だんたい)
organization, association
N2
液体(えきたい)
liquid, fluid
N2
気体(きたい)
vapour, gas
N2
個体(こたい)
an individual
N2
死体(したい)
corpse
N2
重体(じゅうたい)
seriously ill, serious condition, critical state
N2
体系(たいけい)
system, organization
N2
体制(たいせい)
order, system, structure, set-up, organization
N2
体積(たいせき)
capacity, volume
N2
体操(たいそう)
gymnastics, physical exercises, calisthenics
N2
文体(ぶんたい)
literary style
N1
身体(からだ)
the body
N1
体付(からだつ)き
body build, figure
N1
固体(こたい)
solid (body)
N1
主体(しゅたい)
subject, main constituent
N1
字体(じたい)
type, font, lettering
N1
人体(じんたい)
human body
N1
体格(たいかく)
physique, constitution
N1
体験(たいけん)
personal experience
N1
体力(たいりょく)
physical strength
N1
体(てい)
appearance, air, condition, state, form
N1
体裁(ていさい)
decency, style, form, appearance, show, get-up, format
N1
天体(てんたい)
heavenly body
N1
肉体(にくたい)
the body, the flesh
N1
物体(ぶったい)
body, object
N1
本体(ほんたい)
substance, real form, object of worship
N1
物体(もったい)ない
too good, more than one deserves, wasteful, sacrilegious, unworthy of
N1
立体(りったい)
solid body
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