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she̅n = sh + (e)n1: body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: a bodysuit.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) tries on his new bodysuit (身) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). To see himself better in his hand mirror (自), he uses a banana (丿) as a selfie stick.

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身 character breakdown

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
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self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely
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Characters with 身 as component

old variant of 射[she4]
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to shoot / to launch / to allude to / radio- (chemistry)
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body (of a human, esp. the torso) / to bow / (literary) oneself; personally
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to hide / to dodge / to avoid
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to recline / to lie down
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variant of 體|体[ti3]
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variant of 嚲|亸[duo3]
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Words with 身

person / personal / human body
upper part of the body
whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes
lower part of the body / genitalia / trousers
lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century)
(of a person) short in stature
you can't always do as you like / one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
accident causing injury or death
human head, snake's body / cf Nüwa 女媧氏|女娲氏[Nü3 wa1 shi4] and Fuxi 伏羲氏[Fu2 Xi1 shi4] in some versions of mythology
to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1]); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
to showcase one's (unique) talents / to display one's (individual) prowess
one person taking on two tasks simultaneously
devoid of fear (idiom) / intrepid

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