| Kanji | 型 | 
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ケイ | 
| Kunyomi | かた、-がた | 
| English | mould, type, model | 
| Examples | 型(かた): (1) model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.) (2) type; style; pattern (3) mold (mould); template; model (4) kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.) (5) form (i.e. customary procedure) (6) size (i.e. clothing, shoes) (7) (taxonomical) form 典型(てんけい): type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetypal; representative 模型(もけい): model; dummy; maquette 原型(げんけい): prototype; model; pattern; archetypal | 
| JLPT Level | 2 | 
| Jouyou Grade | 4 | 
| Frequency | 482 | 
| Components | 刑: punish; penalty; sentence; punishment 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey | 
| Number of Strokes | 9 | 
| Kanji Radical | 土 | 
| Radical Number | 32 | 
| Radical Strokes | 3 | 
| Radical Reading | つち・つちへん・どへん | 
| Traditional Form | (none) | 
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic | 
| Keyword | mould | 
| Koohii Story 1 | A famous ninja once pressed his two hands and saber into the soil of his temple, before going onto a mission from which he never came back. Think of some sort of signature that he left behind him. The mould of his two hands and saber has since become a popular attraction in the area. | 
| Koohii Story 2 | As a PUNISHMENT they made me lay face down in the DIRT leaving a nice imprinted MOULD of my whole BODY. | 
| RTK Index (new) | 735 | 
Tags: jlpt.n2, grade4, kanjifreq251-500
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