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Form Shape Figure Style Hair 形 ケイ、ギョウ かた、 がた、かたち、なり

Kanji
Onyomi ケイ、ギョウ
Kunyomi かた、-がた、かたち、なり
Nanori
English shape, form, style
Examples 形(かたち): (1) form; shape; figure (2) visage
形式(けいしき): (1) form (as opposed to substance); formality (2) method; system; style (3) format; mode; appearance; form (something takes) (4) math expression
形成(けいせい): formation; molding; taking form
人形(にんぎょう): doll; puppet; figure
地形(ちけい): terrain; geographical features; topography
図形(ずけい): figure; shape; graphic
形態(けいたい): form; shape; figure
長方形(ちょうほうけい): rectangle; oblong
形勢(けいせい): condition; situation; prospects
形容詞(けいようし): (true) adjective; i-adjective
原形(げんけい): original form; base form
正方形(せいほうけい): square
形容動詞(けいようどうし): na-adjective (adj-na); quasi-adjective; adjectival noun; nominal adjective
形(けい): form; tense
JLPT Level 3
Jouyou Grade 2
Frequency 418
Components 幵: put together
彡: three; hair ornament; short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
Number of Strokes 7
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 59
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading さん・さんづくり
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword shape
Koohii Story 1 Everyone in the kindergarten came up with fun and interesting shapes made out of Play-Doh, except for the kid with the amputated arm. Seems like you really need both hands.
Koohii Story 2 With your two hands, outline the shape of a curvaceous woman. Is that a universally understood gesture? [Careful: mould (#680) which has two hands and soil/clay].

Tags: jlpt.n3, grade2, kanjifreq251-500, kanji_physical.properties_shape.size

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