Moto 身: Somebody; Person; One's Station In LifeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シン
- Kun'yomi
- み
- Level
- Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 666 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シン)
- 出身しゅっしんperson's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
- 自身じしん(one's) self; oneself
- 全身ぜんしんwhole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait)
- 身長しんちょうheight (of body); stature
- 出身者しゅっしんしゃalumnus (alumnae); graduate
- 単身たんしんalone; unaided
- 独身どくしんbachelorhood; single
- 終身しゅうしんthe whole life
- 自分自身じぶんじしんoneself; myself
- 前身ぜんしんantecedents; ancestor
- 心身しんしんmind and body
- 変身へんしんmetamorphosis; disguise
- 身障者しんしょうしゃ(physically) disabled person; person with a physical disability
- 長身ちょうしんtall figure; high stature
- 下半身かはんしんlower half of the body
- 身体障害者しんたいしょうがいしゃ(physically) disabled person; person with a physical disability
- 身上しんじょうone's background; one's history
- 上半身じょうはんしんupper half of the body; upper body
- 転身てんしんchanging (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
- 等身とうしんbody proportions
- 分身ぶんしんother self; alter ego
- 一身いっしんoneself; one's body
- 半身はんしんhalf the body; half length
- 一身上いっしんじょうpersonal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
- 人身じんしんthe human body; one's person
- 人身事故じんしんじこaccident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)
- 人身売買じんしんばいばいslave trade; white-slave trade
- 保身ほしんself-protection
- 修身しゅうしんmorals; ethics
- 全身全霊ぜんしんぜんれいcomplete devotion; body and soul
- 出身地しゅっしんちbirthplace; native place
- 化身けしんincarnation; impersonation
- 半身不随はんしんふずいhemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body)
- 単身赴任たんしんふにんjob transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
- 心身症しんしんしょうpsychosomatic illness
- 挺身ていしんvolunteer; volunteering
- 挺身隊ていしんたいvolunteer corps
- 満身まんしんthe whole body
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 身みbody
- 中身なかみcontents; interior
- 身元みもとperson's identity; ID
- 身分みぶん(social) standing; status
- 身柄みがらone's person
- 身内みうちrelatives; one's family
- 刺し身さしみsashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
- 受け身うけみthe defensive
- 身の回りみのまわりone's personal belongings; one's vicinity
- 身動きみうごきmoving about; stirring about
- 身分証明書みぶんしょうめいしょidentification papers; ID
- 身代わりみがわりsubstitution (for someone else); substitute
- 身近みぢかnear oneself; close to one
- 不死身ふじみinvulnerability; immortality
- 切り身きりみcut; slice (meat, fish)
- 刺身さしみsashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
- 変わり身かわりみchange of attitude (stance, position)
- 我が身わがみmyself; oneself
- 捨て身すてみputting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got
Other readings
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