body

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
身 meaning component

  Meaning component

shēn

  

body

区 sound component

  Sound component

  

area

Evolution

躯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
躯 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
躯 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
躯 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

body; human body

Most common words with 躯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

躯体

body

身躯

body

human body

躯干

trunk

躯壳

the body (housing the soul)