形
shape; form; style
7 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 418.
Readings
- ケイ (on reading): 形 (けい) form; 形成 (けいせい) formation
- かたち (kun reading): 形 (かたち) (physical) form; 形作る (かたちづくる) to form
- ギョウ (on reading): 人形 (にんぎょう) doll; 異形 (いぎょう) fantastic
- かた (kun reading): 形 (かた) shape; 山形 (やまがた) Yamagata (city, prefecture)
- がた (kun reading)
- なり (kun reading): 形体 (なりかたち) one's appearance; 形姿 (なりすがた) appearance
- Read as a whole word: 立女形 (たておやま) leading female role actor (in kabuki)
Components
- 开
- 彡
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- 一 radical one
- 二 radical two
- 廾 radical two hands
- 彡 radical bristles; hair
Words using 形
- 形 (けい) form
- 形成 (けいせい) formation
- 形式 (けいしき) form (as opposed to substance)
- 形態 (けいたい) form
- 形状 (けいじょう) shape
- 形 (かたち) (physical) form
- 形作る (かたちづくる) to form
- 姿形 (すがたかたち) appearance
- 影も形もない (かげもかたちもない) (there is) no sign (of)
- 見目形 (みめかたち) appearance
- 人形 (にんぎょう) doll
- 異形 (いぎょう) fantastic
- 人形劇 (にんぎょうげき) puppet show
- 人形浄瑠璃 (にんぎょうじょうるり) Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)
- 形相 (ぎょうそう) look (esp. an angry or upset look)
- 形 (かた) shape
- 山形 (やまがた) Yamagata (city, prefecture)
- 手形 (てがた) draft
- 花形 (はながた) floral pattern
- 菱形 (ひしがた) rhombus
- 立女形 (たておやま) leading female role actor (in kabuki)
- 形体 (なりかたち) one's appearance
- 形姿 (なりすがた) appearance
- 頭形兜 (ずなりかぶと) zunari helmet (made from 3-5 pieces of metal)
856 words in all.