| Chinese Text Project |
| 體 U+9AD4 |  Seal script | 体 Semantic variant Simplified character | 軆 Semantic variant | 𩪆 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 骨+ 13 strokes = 23 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.268#27 Kangxi: p.1451#06 Cihai: p.1513r5c01 GSR: 597.i Hanyu: v7,p4419#03 |
| Composition: | Left: 骨, right: 豊. Component of: 𭍑 𥸠 |
| Mandarin: | tǐ tī ㄊㄧˇ ㄊㄧ |
| Cantonese: | tai2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *těi |
| Shuowen: | 《骨部》體：緫十二屬也。从骨豊聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·薺·體》體：體身也，又生也。他禮切，八。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·骨部·十三》體：〔古文〕𩪆《唐韻》《正韻》他禮切《集韻》《韻會》土禮切，𠀤涕上聲。《說文》總十二屬也。《釋名》體，第也。骨肉毛血表裏大小相次第也。《廣韻》四支也。《禮·中庸》動乎四體。又《易·文言》君子體仁，足以長人。《疏》體包仁道。又《書·畢命》辭尚體要。《註》辭以理實爲要。又《詩·衞風》爾卜爾筮，體無咎言。《傳》體，兆卦之體。又《詩·大雅》方苞方體，維葉泥泥。《箋》體，成形也。又《周禮·天官》體國經野。《註》體，猶分也。又《周禮·天官·內饔》辨體名肉物。《註》體名，脊脅臂臑之屬。又《禮·文王世子》外朝以官體異姓也。《註》體，猶連結也。又《禮·學記》就賢體遠。《註》體，猶親也。又《禮·中庸》體物而不可遺。《註》猶生也。又《禮·中庸》體羣臣也。《註》猶接納也。又《左傳·昭二十年》聲亦如味，一氣二體。《疏》樂之動身體者，唯有舞耳。舞者有文武二體。《廣韻》俗作軆。《集韻》作躰。《增韻》俗作体，非。 |
| Fanqie: | 他禮 (《廣韻·上聲·薺·體》) |
| Unihan definition: | body; group, class, body, unit |
Example usage
| 《論語·微子》: | 丈人曰：「四體不勤，五穀不分。」 |
| The old man replied, "Your four limbs are unaccustomed to toil; you cannot distinguish the five kinds of grain" | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 喟然歎曰：「居移氣，養移體，大哉居乎！」 |
| And said with a deep sigh, 'One's position alters the air, just as the nurture affects the body. Great is the influence of position!' | |
| 《禮記·間傳》: | 斬衰貌若苴，齊衰貌若枲，大功貌若止，小功、緦麻容貌可也，此哀之發於容體者也。 |
| The appearance of (the mourners), wearing the sackcloth for a father with its jagged edges, corresponds to those fibres. That of one wearing the sackcloth for a mother with its even edges, corresponds to the fibres of the male plant. That of one wearing the mourning of nine months looks as if (the ebullitions of sorrow) had ceased. For one wearing the mourning of five months or of three, his (ordinary) appearance is suitable. These are the manifestations of sorrow in the bodily appearance. | |
| 《孝經·開宗明義》: | 身體髮膚，受之父母，不敢毀傷，孝之始也。 |
| Our bodies - to every hair and bit of skin - are received by us from our parents, and we must not presume to injure or wound them. This is the beginning of filial piety. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 夫道以導之，德以得之，仁以人之，義以宜之，禮以體之，天也。 |
| Now, using the Dao to lead it; using de to complete it; using ren to make it human; using yi to make its behavior appropriate; and using li embody it —this is Tian. | |
| 《墨子·經上》: | 體，分於兼也。 |
| A ti (unit/individual/part) is a portion in a jian (total/collection/whole). | |
| 《莊子·大宗師》: | 以刑為體，以禮為翼，以知為時，以德為循。 |
| They considered punishments to be the substance (of government, and they never incurred it); ceremonies to be its supporting wings (and they always observed them); wisdom (to indicate) the time (for action, and they always selected it); and virtue to be accordance (with others), and they were all-accordant. | |
| 《商君書·錯法》: | 夫聖人之存體性，不可以易人。 |
| And indeed sages cannot transfer to others the personality and nature that is inherent in them. | |
| 《荀子·賦》: | 致明而約，甚順而體，請歸之禮。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 當堯之時，舜為司徒，契為司馬，禹為司空，后稷為田疇，夔為樂正，倕為工師，伯夷為秩宗，皋陶為大理，益掌敺禽，堯體力便巧不能為一焉，堯為君而九子為臣，其何故也？ |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 人受命於天，有善善惡惡之性，可養而不可改，可豫而不可去，若形體之可肥，而不可得革也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 今東野畢之上車執轡，御體正矣，周旋步驟，朝禮畢矣，歷險致遠，馬力殫矣，然猶策之不已，所以知佚也。 |
| 《大戴禮記·保傅》: | 保，保其身體。 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 其地半者其數倍，制地之理體也，多少不相配。 |
| 《新書·脩政語上》: | 大禹之治天下也，諸侯萬人，而禹一皆知其體。 |
| 《新序·刺奢》: | 鄒民聞之，皆知私積與公家為一體也，此之謂知富邦 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 若有似乎畫采，玄黃之色既著，而純皓之體斯亡。 |
| 《孔子家語·問禮》: | 然後飲腥苴熟，形體則降，魂氣則上，是為天望而地藏也 |
| 《潛夫論·務本》: | 凡為人之大體，莫善於抑末而務本，莫不善於離本而餝末。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 則子長大，狂悖不善，形體醜惡。 |
| 《太玄經·䎡》: | 測曰，「䎡其䣛」、體不可肆也。 |
| 《風俗通義·孝文帝》: | 孝成皇帝好《詩》、《書》，通覽古今，間習朝廷儀體，尤善漢家法度故事。 |
| 《孔叢子·廣義》: | 面慙曰戁，心慙曰恧，體慙曰逡。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 承天惟允，正身惟常，任賢惟固，恤民惟勤，明制惟典，立業惟敦，是謂政體也。 |
| 《忠經·冢臣章》: | 冢臣於君，可謂一體。 |
| 《素書·原始章》: | 夫道、德、仁、義、禮，五者一體也。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 種桑麻，致絲枲，以蔽形體。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 三公以罪免，亦賜策文，體如上策，而隸書以尺，一木兩行，唯此為異者也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 三公以罪免，亦賜策文，體如上策，而隸書以尺，一木兩行，唯此為異者也。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 女之片體將氣所不受，汝之一節將地所不載。 |
| 《鶡冠子·著希》: | 體雖安之，而弗敢處，然後禮生。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 真人體之以虛無、平易、清靜、柔弱、純粹素樸，不與物雜，至德天地之道，故謂之真人。 |
| 《列仙傳·偓佺》: | 偓佺者，槐山採藥父也，好食松實，形體生毛，長數寸，兩目更方，能飛行逐走馬。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 專氣致柔，專守精氣使不亂，則形體能應之而柔順。 |
| 《韓非子·有度》: | 為人臣者，譬之若手，上以脩頭，下以脩足，清暖寒熱，不得不救，入，鏌邪傅體，不敢弗搏。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 斬人肢體，鑿其肌膚，謂之刑。 |
| 《管子·形勢解》: | 食者，所以肥體也。 |
| 《司馬法·天子之義》: | 習慣成則民體俗矣。 |
| 《尉繚子·原官》: | 貴爵富祿必稱，尊卑之體也。 |
| 《三略·上略》: | 所適如肢體相隨，骨節相救，天道自然，其巧無間。 |
| 《周髀算經·序》: | 體恢洪而廓落，形脩廣而幽清，可以玄象課其進退，然而宏遠不可指掌也。 |
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