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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

Stroke order of 形, 7 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

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

ギョウ gyou · on reading

かた kata · kun reading · less common

かたち katachi · kun reading

Practise writing 形 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 形 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

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.