All charactersRadicals

body

body. 3 strokes. 9 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6 are written with it.

Meaning bodyStrokes 3Characters 9

How to write 尸

1
2
3

Stroke order chart for the 尸 radical — 3 strokes

What it tells you about a character

Of the 9 characters below, 1 are pictophonetic with as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.

The 9 characters

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 尸 family

HSK 2 · 1

céng

HSK 3 · 4

zhǎnshǔjǐn

HSK 4 · 3

chǐwěi

HSK 5 · 1

jiè

Words they appear in

(céng)storey, floor, layer
建筑物由下往上分的一段
()(zhǎn)growth over time
一件事情或一个地方一步步变得更好更大
(fáng)()residential buildings
供人居住的建筑物
(jiā)(shǔ)family dependents
跟一个人有亲属关系、一起生活的人
(kāi)(zhǎn)to launch an activity
把一项活动或工作正式做起来
(zhǎn)(kāi)to unfold, to launch debate
把一件事一步步地做下去,越做越大
(jǐn)(liàng)as far as possible
用尽全部力量去做到最好
(jìn)(zhǎn)progress (in a process)
事情往前发展所达到的地步
(shǔ)a taxonomic genus, category
生物分类中比科小的一个级别
(shǔ)()to belong to, be classified as
在归类上算作某一种
()(zi)a room in a house
家里能住人的一个空间,比如卧室或客厅
(chǐ)(cun)measurements, size
物品长短大小的具体数值
(chǐ)(zi)a ruler
用来量长度、画直线的工具
(chǐ)a traditional foot-rule
老式量长度的工具,木头做的