身躯
shēn qū · HSK 7
body
🧍 身躯 = 身 body + 躯 trunk/torso; two body-words stacked for one stout word
身 (shēn) is the everyday word for body; 躯 (qū) is the literary word for torso or frame. Doubling them gives 身躯, used for a physical frame or build, often a large or imposing one.
身 — pictograph of a pregnant body
身 is a pictograph originally depicting a person with a swollen belly, representing a pregnant woman in profile. Over time the meaning broadened from 'pregnancy' or 'torso' to refer to the body in general, and by extension oneself or one's person.