Hanja Analyzer
形

形 — hyeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
모양 형
Romanization
hyeong
English
form, shape, appearance
Mandarin
xíng
Japanese on'yomi
ケイ, ギョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
かた -がた かたち なり
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#418 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
彡 (59, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+5F62

Parts that make up 形

  • 开 variant of 幵 나란히 세운 방패 둘‘견·형’ 계열의 소리
  • 彡 나부끼는 터럭 셋무늬와 빛깔, 결

How 形 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 形 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 井, 彡.

Korean example words with 形

  • 사형蛇形 Korean gloss: 뱀의 모양
  • 원형原形 Korean gloss: 본디의 꼴
  • 원형圓形 Korean gloss: 둥근 모양
  • 산형山形 Korean gloss: 산의 생김새
  • 상형相形 Korean gloss: 얼굴의 모양
  • 실형實形 Korean gloss: 실제의 모양
  • 물형物形 Korean gloss: 물건의 생김새
  • 외형外形 Korean gloss: 사물의 겉모양
  • 정형政形 Korean gloss: 정치계의 형편
  • 대형大形 Korean gloss: 사물의 큰 형체
  • 방형方形 Korean gloss: 네모반듯한 모양
  • 이형異形 Korean gloss: 모양이 변한 것

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 形

  • 形かたち (physical) form; shape; figure
  • 形式けいしき form (as opposed to substance); format; form
  • 形成けいせい formation; molding; making (up)
  • 人形にんぎょう doll; puppet; marionette
  • 形態けいたい form; shape; figure
  • 山形やまがた Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron
  • 手形てがた draft; draught; promissory note
  • 造形ぞうけい molding; moulding; shaping
  • 自由形じゆうがた freestyle (e.g. swimming event)
  • 円形えんけい round shape; circle; circular form
  • 地形ちけい terrain; geographical features; topography
  • 変形へんけい transformation; variation; metamorphosis

Other hanja read “형”

Other hanja with radical 彡

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