Phonosemantic compound. 彡 represents the meaning and 井 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
形
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
形
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
形
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
形
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
形
Regular
Modern
Chinese
形 [xíng]
to appear; to look; form; shape
Japanese
noun
- form; shape; figure
- visage
noun
- shape; form; style (がた when a suffix)
- security; collateral
- obverse of an old zeni coin
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
- form
- adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese) (part of speech tag used in dictionaries)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (4)
物質は温度によって形を変える。
Matter changes its form according to temperature.
給料をかたに私に５００ドルが、前払いされた。
I received a five hundred dollar advance on my pay.
君なりのやり方で仕事しなさい。
Do your work in your own way.
進行形の文では、動詞のing形、つまり現在分詞となります。
In a progressive tense sentence it becomes the -ing form verb, that is the present participle.
Japanese Names
形 かた
Kata surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
形成 [xíngchéng] #4,198
to form
形象 [xíngxiàng] #2,863
image
形式 [xíngshì] #3,949
outer appearance
形势 [xíngshì] #5,709
circumstances
形势 [xíngshì] #5,709
circumstances
形容 [xíngróng] #3,405
to describe
情形 [qíngxing] #3,996
circumstances
形状 [xíngzhuàng] #5,211
form
形状 [xíngzhuàng] #5,211
form
变形 [biànxíng] #6,720
deformation
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 顔 [かお] #78
face
⭐ 形 [かたち] #363
form
⭐ 大型 [おおがた] #4,256
large
館 [やかた] #4,908
mansion
⭐ 小型 [こがた] #5,478
small-sized
⭐ 形成 [けいせい] #5,661
formation
⭐ 形式 [けいしき] #5,859
form (as opposed to substance)
⭐ 髪型 [かみがた] #6,323
hair style
形相 [ぎょうそう] #6,370
look (esp. an angry or upset look)
⭐ 形状 [けいじょう] #6,540
shape
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