形
shape, form, style
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
7 / 7
Information
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
punish, penalty, sentence, punishment
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戒
commandment
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末
end, close, tip, powder, posterity
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杉
cedar, cryptomeria
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未
un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac
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珍
rare, curious, strange
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栽
plantation, planting
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耕
till, plow, cultivate
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参
nonplussed, three (in documents), going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love, participate, take part in
Grade 4JLPT 3
款
goodwill, article, section, friendship, collusion
Grade 8JLPT 1