Kanji: 身

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:	身 Radical name: みへん
Meaning:	Somebody, person, one's station in life
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 300 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N3	自身(じしん)	by oneself, personally
N3	出身(しゅっしん)	graduate from, come from
N3	身体(しんたい)	the body
N3	身長(しんちょう)	height (of body), stature
N3	独身(どくしん)	bachelorhood, single, unmarried, celibate
N3	身(み)	body, main part, oneself, sword
N2	刺身(さしみ)	sliced raw fish
N2	心身(しんしん)	mind and body
N2	全身(ぜんしん)	the whole body, full-length (portrait)
N2	中身(なかみ)	contents, interior, substance, filling, (sword) blade
N2	身分(みぶん)	social position, social status
N1	受身(うけみ)	passive, passive voice
N1	身体(からだ)	the body
N1	生身(なまみ)	living flesh, flesh and blood, the quick
N1	身近(みぢか)	near oneself, close to one, familiar
N1	身(み)なり	personal appearance
N1	身振(みぶ)り	gesture