漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
型: mould, type
Also: model
JLPT N29 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
土 carries the meaning · 刑 gives the sound
9 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ケイkei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 原型げんけいprototype
- 模型もけいmodel
- 典型てんけいarchetype
- 定型ていけいfixed form
- 体型たいけいfigure (body)
かたkata · kun'yomi · on its own
- 型かたshape [n.]
-がた-gata · kun'yomi
- 朝型あさがたmorning person
- 夜型よるがたnight person
- 大型おおがたlarge scale
- 小型こがたsmall size
- 歯型はがたtooth-mark
- 血液型けつえきがたblood type
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)刑 (sound) + 土 earth (meaning)
An earthen mold, hence form, pattern.
Source: Wiktionary, 型 (rev. 92200212), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a cross planted firmly in the ground—that's 土! It shows a stake or a seedling marking the earth, reminding us of farming, construction, and the solid foundation upon which we build our lives and cities.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xíng
Same form: 型 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 型 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 型 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xíng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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