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 is the simplified form of 體格).

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

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
體格 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta̠ika̠kɯ̟]

Noun

体(たい)格(かく) • (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)のいい四十(よんじゅう)がらみの労働者(ろうどうしゃ)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(たい)躯(く) (taiku)

See also

• 身長(しんちょう) (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)