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身 み 身体(しんたい): (1) body (2) health受身(うけみ): (1) the defensive (2) passive attitude; passivity; passiveness (3) the passive; passive voice (4) ukemi (the art of falling safely)自身(じしん): by oneself; personally出身(しゅっしん): (1) person's origin (town, city, country, etc.) (2) institution from which one graduated (3) director in charge of employee relations身(み): (1) body (2) oneself (3) one's place; one's position (4) main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container(as opposed to its lid)中身(なかみ): contents; interior; substance; filling; (sword) blade身長(しんちょう): height (of body); stature全身(ぜんしん): (1) whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait) (2) systemic独身(どくしん): bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate身分(みぶん): social position; social status心身(しんしん): mind and body刺身(さしみ): sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)身の回り(みのまわり): one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities身近(みぢか): near oneself; close to one; familiar身の上(みのうえ): one's future; one's welfare; one's personal history身なり(みなり): personal appearance身振り(みぶり): gesture; gesticulation; motion生身(なまみ): (1) living flesh; flesh and blood (2) physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva 3 身: body, body radical (no. 158) 身 7 (none) somebody Somebody was just looking for you. He had a long nose that reaches down below his mouth, and a long jaw that sticks out past his nose, and a scar across his face.

Accepted Answer

シン body, somebody, person, one's station in life 2 320 7 158 み・みへん 象形 Pictographic Somebody was just looking for you. He had a longnose that reaches down below his mouth, and a long jaw that sticks out past his nose, and a scar across his face. (greenapple,16-3-2006) The way to remember that this is somebody rather than someone (#1256) is that the story is full of body descriptions.

Kanji	身
Onyomi	シン
Kunyomi	み
English	body, somebody, person, one's station in life
Examples	身体(しんたい): (1) body (2) health 受身(うけみ): (1) the defensive (2) passive attitude; passivity; passiveness (3) the passive; passive voice (4) ukemi (the art of falling safely) 自身(じしん): by oneself; personally 出身(しゅっしん): (1) person's origin (town, city, country, etc.) (2) institution from which one graduated (3) director in charge of employee relations 身(み): (1) body (2) oneself (3) one's place; one's position (4) main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container(as opposed to its lid) 中身(なかみ): contents; interior; substance; filling; (sword) blade 身長(しんちょう): height (of body); stature 全身(ぜんしん): (1) whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait) (2) systemic 独身(どくしん): bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate 身分(みぶん): social position; social status 心身(しんしん): mind and body 刺身(さしみ): sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans) 身の回り(みのまわり): one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities 身近(みぢか): near oneself; close to one; familiar 身の上(みのうえ): one's future; one's welfare; one's personal history 身なり(みなり): personal appearance 身振り(みぶり): gesture; gesticulation; motion 生身(なまみ): (1) living flesh; flesh and blood (2) physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	320
Components	身: body, body radical (no. 158)
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	身
Radical Number	158
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	み・みへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	somebody
Koohii Story 1	Somebody was just looking for you. He had a longnose that reaches down below his mouth, and a long jaw that sticks out past his nose, and a scar across his face. (greenapple,16-3-2006) The way to remember that this is somebody rather than someone (#1256) is that the story is full of body descriptions.
Koohii Story 2	Somebody was just looking for you. He had a long nose that reaches down below his mouth, and a long jaw that sticks out past his nose, and a scar across his face.

One's Body Opposed Personal Long 身 Passive Oneself