体格

体格

See also: 體格

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 体格 – see 體格 (“one's physical health or state; one's build or physique”). (This term, 体格, is the simplified form of 體格.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
体	格
たい Grade: 2	かく Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

体格 (hiragana たいかく, rōmaji taikaku)

1. body shape (of a person)
   • 1930, 宮本百合子, ロンドン一九二九年:

     小 (ちい)さい男 (おとこ)の子 (こ)の手 (て)を引 (ひ)いて体格 (たいかく)のいい四 (よん)十 (じゅう)がらみの労 (ろう)働 (どう)者 (しゃ)が入 (はい)って来 (き)た。

     Chīsai otoko no ko no te o hiite taikaku no ii yonjū-garami no rōdōsha ga haitte kita.

     A burly laborer of about 40 came in holding the hand of a little boy.

Usage notes

• This word usually refers to height, shoulder width, and muscle thickness in particular.

Synonyms

• 体 (からだ)つき (karadatsuki)
• 体躯 (たいく) (taiku)

See also

• 身 (しん)長 (ちょう) (shinchō): height (of people)
• 体高 (たいこう) (taikō): withers height (of horses etc.)
• 体重 (たいじゅう) (taijū): weight (of people, animals)