身边

Character by character

• 身shēn7 strokesHSK 1body; trunk, hull; Kangxi radical 158
• 边biān6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 邊edge, margin, side, border

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 身边. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 身上shēn shangHSK 1

  on the body; at hand; among

• 身体shēn tǐHSK 1

  the body; one's health; in person

• 边biānHSK 2

  side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously

• 一边yī biānHSK 1

  one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while

• 身份shēn fènHSK 4

  identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank

• 旁边páng biānHSK 1

  side; adjacent place

• 本身běn shēnHSK 6

  itself; in itself; per se

• 那边nà bianHSK 1

  over there; yonder

• 单身dān shēnHSK 7

  unmarried; single

• 这边zhè biānHSK 1

  this side; here

• 右边yòu bianHSK 1

  right side; right, to the right

• 全身quán shēnHSK 2

  the whole body; (typography) em

• 身材shēn cáiHSK 4

  stature; build (height and weight); figure

• 自身zì shēnHSK 3

  itself; oneself; one's own

• 转身zhuǎn shēnHSK 4

  (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)

• 身份证shēn fèn zhèngHSK 3

  identity card; ID

• 左边zuǒ bianHSK 1

  left; the left side; to the left of

• 边缘biān yuánHSK 6

  edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline

• 健身jiàn shēnHSK 4

  to exercise; to keep fit; to work out; physical exercise

• 浑身hún shēnHSK 7

  all over; from head to foot

• 身高shēn gāoHSK 4

  (a person's) height

• 路边lù biānHSK 2

  curb; roadside; wayside

• 边境biān jìngHSK 5

  frontier; border

• 身子shēn ziHSK 7

  body; pregnancy; health