The kanji 型: meaning, readings and stroke order

型

Meaning: mold, type
On reading: ケイ kei
Kun reading: かた kata
Strokes: 9
Radical: 土 earth
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: khuôn, kiểu (hình)
Japanese: おなじかたちをつくるもと。かた。
Korean: 틀, 유형 (형)
Chinese: 模型、类型

Readings, words and example sentences

ケイ kei · on reading · less common

典てん型けい
typical example, model
これは 典てん型けい的な例です。
This is a typical example.

かた kata · kun reading

型かた
mold, pattern
厚い紙で 型かたを作ります。
I make a pattern out of thick paper.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.