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躯

躯: body

body; frame
11 strokesNames & literary · More literary kanji (準1級 range)in 5 words here

Readings

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Kun
むくろ・からだ

A variant of 軀. You meet it mostly in 体躯 and 老躯; the literary kun むくろ means a dead body.

Key words

体躯たいくphysique; build
老躯ろうくaged body
病躯びょうくailing body
巨躯きょくhuge frame
躯むくろcorpse; body

Example sentences

He has an imposing build like a sumo wrestler's.

Driving his aged body on, he walked the mountain path all the way to the end.

On the field after the battle lay the bodies of the soldiers.

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