noun, takes genitive case の

  1. living flesh, flesh and blood.
  2. Buddhist term.physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
生身 なまみ
しょう
じん
生身 しょうじん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)
somebody, person, one's station in life
シン み (3rd)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
rising stroke
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)