Japanese Kanji
身shin
somebody · person · one's station in life
Grade 3 · JLPT N2 · 7 strokes
Somebody, person, one's station in life.
身 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N2 (upper intermediate) level. With 7 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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