立体

lìtǐ · HSK 7

three-dimensional

📦 立体 = 立 (stand) + 体 (body) = a body that stands up off the page, three-dimensional

立 — person standing on ground (大 over 一)
Pictograph of a person standing with arms outstretched on the ground line below. The original oracle bone form clearly shows a frontal human figure planted on the earth. The core meaning 'to stand' extended to 'establish, set up, erect.'

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