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型

型 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 土製のかた。
  2. 模範。手本。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「土」+音符「刑」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

mould, type, model

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケイElem.
Kun (native)
  • かたElem.
  • 〜がた
Other languages
  • 拼音xing2
  • 한글hyeong
  • Hán-ViệtHình

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
土(つち)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+578B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱刑土

Words using this kanji

  • 型かた（かた）舞踊や武道などの基本動作。 （かた）鋳型。 （かた）型式。type, style, model, pattern
  • 型式かたしき自動車や電気製品などの工業製品で構造や性能、外観などによって分類された特定の型。model (e.g. of a vehicle), type
  • 型録カタログカタログの漢字表記。catalog, catalogue
  • 型枠かたわくformwork, shuttering, mold, mould
  • 型紙かたがみpattern paper (for dressmaking), stencil
  • 型破りかたやぶりunusual, unconventional, mold-breaking, outside the box
  • 型番かたばん工業製品で形式ごとに割り振られる記号、番号。model number
  • 型費かたひtooling cost, die cost
  • 型物かたものceramics made in a mold, formulaic production style in kyogen
  • 型幅かたはばinterior breadth (of a ship), molded breadth
  • 型代かただいtooling cost, mold price
  • 型染めかたぞめstencil dyeing
  • 型変換かたへんかんtype conversion
  • 型崩れかたくずれlosing shape (of clothing, etc.), losing form
  • 型通りかたどおりformal, proper, prescribed, conventional
  • 型定義かたていぎtype definition
  • 型抜きかたぬきdie cutting, cutting with a cutter, shaping with a mold, cookie cutter
  • 型付けかたつけstencil printing (on cloth), (data) typing
  • 型押しかたおしstamping, embossing, tooling (e.g. leather), sigillation
  • 型落ちかたおちold model (of an appliance, device, etc.), becoming outdated (due to the release of a new model), drop (type of metal casting defect)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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