Kiokun Logo
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

mold

HSK 4 N2
xíng
ケイ
かた、-がた
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 刑 represents the sound.
Components
Phonetic component
xíng punishment
punishment, penalty
View phonetic series →
Meaning component
earth
soil, earth
Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[xíng]
mold; type; style; model
Japanese
かた がた 同音

noun

  1. type; style; model; pattern (がた when a suffix)
  2. mold; mould; model; pattern; template; impression
  3. kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); form
  4. convention; tradition; (standard) form; formula; usage
  5. (set) size; inches (in sizes of displays, disks, image sensors, etc.)
  6. rare (taxonomical) form
Example Sentences