身 — body, somebody, person, one's station in life

Readings

On'yomi

シン

Kun'yomi

み

Example words

• 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