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体 — body; form; style

body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect

Pinyin
tī · tǐ
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — tī, tǐ — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 体: 7 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

体 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 体 in the HSK syllabus: 55

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 身体shēntǐthe body; one's healthHSK 2
  2. 体育tǐyùsports; physical educationHSK 3
  3. 体育馆tǐyùguǎngym; gymnasium; stadiumHSK 3
  4. 体检tǐjiǎn—HSK 4
  5. 体温tǐwēntemperatureHSK 4
  6. 体重tǐzhòngbody weightHSK 4
  7. 集体jítǐcollective; joint; a group; a team; en masseHSK 5
  8. 具体jùtǐconcrete; specific; detailedHSK 5
  9. 媒体méitǐmedia, esp. news mediaHSK 5
  10. 全体quántǐall; entireHSK 5
  11. 群体qúntǐcommunity; colonyHSK 5
  12. 人体réntǐhuman bodyHSK 5
  13. 体会tǐhuìto know from experience; to learn through experienceHSK 5
  14. 体力tǐlìphysical strength; physical powerHSK 5
  15. 体现tǐxiànto embody; to reflect; to incarnateHSK 5
  16. 体验tǐyànto experience for oneselfHSK 5
  17. 整体zhěngtǐwhole; entirety; overall; whole; generalHSK 5
  18. 总体zǒngtǐcompletely; totally; total; entire; overallHSK 5
  19. 多媒体duōméitǐmultimediaHSK 6
  20. 个体gètǐan individualHSK 6
  21. 固体gùtǐsolidHSK 6
  22. 气体qìtǐgasHSK 6
  23. 体操tǐcāogymnastic; gymnasticsHSK 6
  24. 体积tǐjīvolumeHSK 6
  25. 体系tǐxìsystem; setupHSK 6
  26. 团体tuántǐgroup; organization; teamHSK 6
  27. 物体wùtǐobject; body; substanceHSK 6
  28. 新媒体xīnméitǐnew mediaHSK 6
  29. 液体yètǐliquidHSK 6
  30. 半导体bàndǎotǐsemiconductorHSK 7–9
  31. 大体dàtǐin general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the wholeHSK 7–9
  32. 得体détǐappropriate to the occasion; fittingHSK 7–9
  33. 繁体字fántǐzìtraditional Chinese characterHSK 7–9
  34. 共同体gòngtóngtǐcommunityHSK 7–9
  35. 简体字jiǎntǐzìsimplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4]HSK 7–9
  36. 解体jiětǐto break up into components; to disintegrateHSK 7–9
  37. 立体lìtǐthree-dimensional; solid; stereoscopicHSK 7–9
  38. 裸体luǒtǐnakedHSK 7–9
  39. 尸体shītǐcorpse; dead bodyHSK 7–9
  40. 实体shítǐentity; substanceHSK 7–9

And 15 more across the higher levels — the full lists are on the level pages.

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.