体

からだ · karada · JLPT N5 · noun

body

体 — body

💪 体 = person (亻) + root (本): the body is a person's root

The kanji joins 亻 (person) with 本 (origin, root), so the body is the base a person is built on. For the sound, karada starts like kara (空, empty) — one folk etymology reads the body as the empty shell that holds the spirit.

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