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漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

式: style, ceremony

Also: rite, function, method, system, form, expression

JLPT N36 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met

工 carries the meaning · 弋 carries meaning and sound

6 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

シキshiki · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 結婚式けっこんしきwedding ceremony
  • 卒業式そつぎょうしきgraduation ceremony
  • 葬式そうしきfuneral
  • 儀式ぎしきceremony, service
  • 様式ようしきstyle, form
  • 形式けいしきform, format
  • 公式こうしきformula [n.], official [adj.]
  • 方程式ほうていしきequation
  • 正式なせいしきなofficial
  • 株式会社かぶしきがいしゃcorporation

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)弋 (sound) + 工 work (meaning)

Source: Wiktionary, 式 (rev. 91975014), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Staked arrow (弋) + work/construction (工). The specific "work" or repeatable "formula" used in a sacred "ceremony" or a particular architectural style.”
From the 弋 ceremony story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
弋

Also built on ceremony (弋)

All 2

The 弋 sound family doesn't share one reading.

工

Also built on work (工)

All 12

式 gives its sound to

Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read シキ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
式 style · 工
vs弐 II · 一 + 二
式 has 工 where 弐 has 一 + 二.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shì

Same form: 式 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
式 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
式 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shì 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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