Its big seal script is
which is similar to the shell bone script, but there is a dot in the belly, which is a baby in the belly of a pregnant woman.
Actually it is a belly button.
The small seal script is
It is more bent lines, some similarity but less pictography. It is like a very fitness body.
Its clerical script is
which is even far from original pictography.
Its current standard printing script is
身
same as the clerical script.
Its Pinyin is "Shen1".
The character 身 is for normal body, not pregnant lady's body even thought its big seal script is like the pregnant body. There is a character 孕 (Post 145) is the specific character for pregnant.
The character 身 is for normal body, not pregnant lady's body even thought its big seal script is like the pregnant body. There is a character 孕 (Post 145) is the specific character for pregnant.
The standard script looks like a body with 2 legs!
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