形
form, shape, style
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
7 / 7
Information
Grade:2
Strokes:7
JLPT:3
Frequency:418
Vocabulary
ギョウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人形 | ニンギョウ | doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man |
| 地形 | ジギョウ | terrain; geographical features; topography |
| 形相 | ギョウソウ | look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression |
| 人形浄瑠璃 | ニンギョウジョウルリ | Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku) |
| 異形 | イギョウ | fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking |
ケイ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花形 | カケイ | floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.) |
| 形式 | ケイシキ | form (as opposed to substance); format; form; style; manner; formality; form; mode; form; form (bilinear, quadratic, etc.) |
| 形式的 | ケイシキテキ | formal |
| 形状 | ケイジョウ | shape; form |
| 形勢 | ケイセイ | condition; situation; prospects |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花形 | はながた | floral pattern; flourish; ornament; star (actor, player, etc.) |
| 形気 | かたぎ | disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character; trait; turn of mind |
| 形 | かたち | (physical) form; shape; figure; visage; (facial) features; appearance (of a person); figure; looks; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); style; (outward) appearance; (resultant) state; situation; condition; form; behaviour (towards others); attitude; demeanor; manners; shape (positional qualities of a group of stones) |
| 形見 | かたみ | memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir |
| 手形 | てがた | draft; draught; promissory note; bill; handprint; signed hand-print |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
刑
penalty, punish, punishment, sentence
Grade 8JLPT 1
戒
commandment
Grade 8JLPT 1
末
close, end, posterity, powder, tip
Grade 4JLPT 3
杉
cedar, cryptomeria
Grade 8JLPT 1
未
1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac, even now, hitherto, not yet, sign of the ram, still, un-
Grade 4JLPT 3
珍
curious, rare, strange
Grade 8JLPT 2
栽
plantation, planting
Grade 8JLPT 1
耕
cultivate, plow, till
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参
be defeated, be madly in love, coming, die, going, nonplussed, participate, take part in, three (in documents), visit, visiting
Grade 4JLPT 3
款
article, collusion, friendship, goodwill, section
Grade 8JLPT 1