浑 hún
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 军 army, military
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
浑身
húnshēn
whole body; from head to toe
Characters in this word
身 shēn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 身 — body, torso
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 暴雨中抢修线路的工人浑身是泥，却没有一个人提前离开现场。 Bàoyǔ zhōng qiǎngxiū xiànlù de gōngrén húnshēn shì ní, què méiyǒu yí ge rén tíqián líkāi xiànchǎng. The workers repairing the lines in the rainstorm were covered in mud from head to toe, yet not one of them left the site early.
- 跑完步以后，我浑身都是汗，累得不想说话。 Pǎo wán bù yǐhòu, wǒ húnshēn dōu shì hàn, lèi de bù xiǎng shuōhuà. After the run I was drenched in sweat all over and too tired to talk.
- 冬天的风很冷，他浑身发抖，赶紧钻进了屋里。 Dōngtiān de fēng hěn lěng, tā húnshēn fādǒu, gǎnjǐn zuān jìn le wū lǐ. The winter wind was freezing; he shivered all over and hurried into the house.
Related words
- 身上 shēnshang on the body; on oneself
- 身体 shēntǐ body; health
- 全身 quánshēn whole body
- 身边 shēnbiān by one's side; with one
- 身份证 shēnfènzhèng identity card
- 自身 zìshēn oneself; one's own
- 健身 jiànshēn fitness
- 身材 shēncái body shape
- 身份 shēnfèn identity
- 身高 shēngāo height
- 转身 zhuǎnshēn to turn around
- 一身 yìshēn whole body; a suit of clothes