Character · The body
身
み miさいしん saishin
body
Composition
Origin
A pictogram of a human figure in profile with a swelling belly, hence the sense of body.
In the thoughts
- 砕身saishincrushing one's body
Proverbs carrying this character
- 047 芸は身を助ける A skill always ends up helping.
- 090 我が身をつねって人の痛さを知れ Pinch yourself to know another's pain.
- 158 身から出た錆 Rust comes from the blade itself.
- 172 悪銭身に付かず Ill-gotten money does not stay.
- 199 身を浅く思い、世を深く思う Think lightly of yourself, think deeply of the world.
- 251 粉骨砕身 Grinding one's bones, crushing one's body.
- 274 明日は我が身 Tomorrow, it may be me.
- 291 花の色は移りにけりないたづらに我が身世にふるながめせしまに The color of the flowers has faded, while I watched the long rains fall — and my life go by.