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身 — body; life; oneself

body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct

Pinyin
shēn
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 身: 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.

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

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Words with 身 in the HSK syllabus: 37

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. 身边shēnbiānat one's side; on handHSK 3
  3. 身高shēngāoheightHSK 3
  4. 健身jiànshēnto exercise; to keep fit; to work outHSK 4
  5. 健身房jiànshēnfánggym; fitness clubHSK 4
  6. 全身quánshēnthe whole body; emHSK 4
  7. 身shēnbody; life; oneself; personallyHSK 4
  8. 身份证shēnfènzhèngidentity card; IDHSK 4
  9. 身材shēncáistature; build; figureHSK 5
  10. 身份shēnfènidentity; aspect of one's identity; role; capacity; status; position; rankHSK 5
  11. 自身zìshēnitself; oneself; one's ownHSK 5
  12. 本身běnshēnitself; in itself; per seHSK 6
  13. 身心shēnxīnbody and mind; mental and physicalHSK 6
  14. 一身yìshēnwhole body; from head to toe; single personHSK 6
  15. 终身zhōngshēnlifelong; all one's life; marriageHSK 6
  16. 转身zhuǎnshēnto turn round; to face about; to remarryHSK 6
  17. 藏身cángshēnto hide; to go into hiding; to take refugeHSK 7–9
  18. 出身chūshēnto be born of; to come from; family backgroundHSK 7–9
  19. 单身dānshēnunmarried; single; aloneHSK 7–9
  20. 动身dòngshēnto go on a journey; to leaveHSK 7–9
  21. 独身dúshēnunmarried; single; aloneHSK 7–9
  22. 翻身fānshēnto turn over; to free oneself; to emancipate oneselfHSK 7–9
  23. 化身huàshēnincarnation; reincarnation; embodimentHSK 7–9
  24. 浑身húnshēnall over; from head to footHSK 7–9
  25. 切身qièshēndirect; concerning oneself; personalHSK 7–9
  26. 亲身qīnshēnpersonally; oneself; first-handHSK 7–9
  27. 全身心quánshēnxīnwholeheartedly; heart and soulHSK 7–9
  28. 人身rénshēnperson; personal; human bodyHSK 7–9
  29. 身不由己shēnbùyóujǐbeyond one's control; unable to do anything about it; not subject to conscious controlHSK 7–9
  30. 身价shēnjiàsocial status; price of a slave; price of a personHSK 7–9
  31. 身躯shēnqūbodyHSK 7–9
  32. 身影shēnyǐngsilhouette; figureHSK 7–9
  33. 身子shēnzibody; pregnancy; healthHSK 7–9
  34. 随身suíshēnto on one's person; to with oneHSK 7–9
  35. 投身tóushēnto throw oneself into sthHSK 7–9
  36. 脱身tuōshēnto get away; to escape; to free oneselfHSK 7–9
  37. 以身作则yǐshēn-zuòzéto set an example; to serve as a modelHSK 7–9

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.