人体

じんたい · jintai · JLPT N1 · noun

human body

🧍 人体 = 人 (person) + 体 (body): person plus body makes human body

人 means person and 体 means body or physical form. Joined, they name the human body as a physical whole. Jintai sounds like 'gin-tie' with a short i.

人 — pictograph of a standing person
人 is a pictograph showing a person viewed from the side, with two strokes representing the legs and torso of a standing human. In oracle bone script it clearly depicted a figure leaning slightly forward. The meaning has remained 'person' or 'human' throughout its history.

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