The kanji 形: meaning, readings and stroke order
形
- Meaning
- shape
- On reading
- ケイ kei、ギョウ gyou
- Kun reading
- かた kata、かたち katachi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 彡 bristle, beard
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- hình dáng (hình)
- Japanese
- かたち。
- Korean
- 모양 (형)
- Chinese
- 形状
Readings, words and example sentences
ケイ kei · on reading
三角形
triangle
ノートに 三角形を 書きます。
I draw a triangle in my notebook.
ギョウ gyou · on reading
人形
doll
妹は 人形が 大すきです。
My little sister loves dolls.
かた kata · kun reading · less common
手形
handprint
紙に 手形を つけました。
I made a handprint on the paper.
かたち katachi · kun reading
形
shape
まるい 形の 石を ひろいました。
I picked up a round stone.
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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.