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U+5F62, 形
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F62

[U+5F61]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5F63]

形 U+2F899, 形
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F899
𦇚
[U+2F898]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 彫
[U+2F89A]

Translingual

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Stroke order
7 strokes 

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 59, +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一廿竹竹竹 (MTHHH), four-corner 12422, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 363, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9969
  • Dae Jaweon: page 681, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 852, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5F62

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𢒈

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : + . In current form has been simplified to .

It may also be interpreted as a phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *ɡeːŋ) : phonetic (OC *skeŋʔ) + semantic , if the original character was 𢒈.

Pronunciation

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  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ɕiŋ³⁵/
Harbin /ɕiŋ²⁴/
Tianjin /ɕiŋ⁴⁵/
Jinan /ɕiŋ⁴²/
Qingdao /ɕiŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ɕiŋ⁴²/
Xi'an /ɕiŋ²⁴/
Xining /ɕiə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕiŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ɕĩn⁵³/
Ürümqi /ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /ɕin²¹³/
Chengdu /ɕin³¹/
Guiyang /ɕin²¹/
Kunming /ɕĩ³¹/
Nanjing /ɕin²⁴/
Hefei /ɕin⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕiəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /ɕiŋ¹³/
Hohhot /ɕĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɦiŋ²³/
Suzhou /ɦin¹³/
Hangzhou /ɦin²¹³/
Wenzhou /jaŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /ɕiʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /xɛ⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ɕin¹³/
Xiangtan /ɕin¹²/
Gan Nanchang /ɕin⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /hin¹¹/
Taoyuan /hin¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /jeŋ²¹/
Nanning /jeŋ²¹/
Hong Kong /jiŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /hiŋ³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /hiŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xeiŋ²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /heŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /heŋ³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter heng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦeŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦeŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/ɣeŋ/
Wang
Li
/ɣieŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xíng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jing4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xíng
Middle
Chinese
‹ heng ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɢ]ˁeŋ/
English form, shape

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6862
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡeːŋ/

Definitions

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  1. form; shape; appearance
      ―  xíngzhuàng  ―  form; appearance; shape
  2. image; appearance
  3. body; entity; contour
      ―  xíng  ―  physique
  4. style; vogue
  5. (grammar) Short for 形容詞形容词 (xíngróngcí, “adjective”).
  6. to appear; to display
    於色于色  ―  xíngyúsè  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  7. to form; to become
    複雜复杂  ―  gèng xíng fùzá  ―  to become more complicated
  8. to compare
    見絀见绌  ―  xiàngxíngjiànchù  ―  pale by comparison

Synonyms

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Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic ():
  • Vietnamese: hình ()

References

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  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 265.

Japanese

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Shinjitai
Kyūjitai
形󠄁
+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
 
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Kanji

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(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. shape, form, style

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
かた
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Probably related to 堅い / 硬い / 固い (katai, hard).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かた) (kata

  1. [from 720] a shape
  2. [from 720] a form
  3. [from 1007] a pattern, die, or model from which copies are made
  4. [from roughly 1300s] collateral for borrowed money
  5. [from 1775] on a coin, the side with writing on it
    Antonym: 縵面 (name)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
がた
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling

Derived from kata above.[1] The kata changes to gata as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Found most commonly as a suffixing element in compounds.

The standalone noun sense was originally a shortening of 女形 (onnagata, literally woman form), a female role played by a male actor in kabuki theater. This noun sense is only spelled with the kanji.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(がた) or (がだ) (gata or gada

  1. [from 1820] (kabuki, theater) Short for 女形 (onnagata), a female role played by a male actor in kabuki theater
    Synonyms: 女形 (onnagata), お山 (oyama)

Suffix

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(がた) (-gata

  1. (affixed to nouns): the shape or form of the affixed noun
    (うず)()(がた)
    uzumakigata
    a whirlpool shape
    (たまご)(がた)
    tamagogata
    an egg shape
  2. (affixed to on'yomi nouns): a typical example of the affixed noun; the type of the affixed noun
    (がく)(しゃ)(がた)
    gakushagata
    a scholar type
    (えい)(ゆう)(がた)
    eiyūgata
    a hero type
Usage notes
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  • For a shape, the spelling is more commonly used. For a type, the spelling is more commonly used.

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
かたち
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[6]

Compound of (kata, shape, form) +‎ (-chi),[4] but the derivation of the chi element is unclear.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かたち) (katachi

  1. [from 720] shape or form
  2. [from late 900s] shapeliness: see 形有り (katachiari)
  3. [from 1688] form, as opposed to substance

Etymology 4

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Kanji in this term
けい
Grade: 2
kan'on

From Middle Chinese (MC heng). Compare modern Mandarin (xíng). The 漢音 (kan'on) reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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(けい) (-kei

  1. (linguistics) grammatical tense
    ()()(けい)
    kakokei
    the past tense
    (しょう)(らい)(けい)
    shōraikei
    the future tense
  2. (Japanese grammar) a conjugation form of a verb
    (れん)(よう)(けい)
    ren'yōkei
    the continuative form
    (めい)(れい)(けい)
    meireikei
    the imperative or command form
Derived terms
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Etymology 5

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Kanji in this term
なり
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[7]

From 成り (nari), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of the verb 成る (naru, to become).[7][3]

First attested as a suffix on a noun in the 曾我物語 (Soga Mongatari),[7] of uncertain dating but probably in the late 1300s. As a suffix on a verb stem, first attested from 1927.[7]

Pronunciation

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Usage notes

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  • The most common spelling for this use is なり, for all parts of speech.

Noun

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(なり) (nari

  1. [from 720] the shape or form of something
  2. [from late 900s] one's clothing and appearance
  3. [from mid 1600s] one's body shape or form
  4. [from 1477] one's circumstances or situation
  5. [from 1773] one's reputation
  6. [from 1763] (following the plain imperfective form (attributive form, 連体形 (rentaikei)) or plain perfective form of a verb) indicates the state of the affixed verb or phrase: compare English just as
    (ひと)(びと)()なりになった
    hitobito no iu nari ni natta
    things turned out just as people were saying
  7. [from 1915] (following the plain imperfective form (attributive form, 連体形 (rentaikei)) of an adjective) indicates responding to the affixed adjective: compare English fitting
    (さむ)ければ(さむ)なり(あつ)()をする
    samukereba samui nari no atsugi o suru
    if it's cold, then put on warm clothing / if it's cold, then put on warm clothes for cold weather
  8. [from 1928] (following the plain imperfective form (attributive form, 連体形 (rentaikei)) of a verb) indicates the moment of the action occurring: compare English as soon as
    Synonym: や否や (ya ina ya)
    (ことわ)りを()なり()()した
    kotowari o kiku nari nakidashita
    she burst into tears as soon as she heard the rejection
    (よう)()(えん)から(かえ)なり(はは)()きついてきました。
    Yōchien kara kaeru nari, haha ni dakitsuite kimashita.
    As soon as she returned from kindergarten, she clung to her mom.
  9. (after a verb in the past tense ) ... while ...
    Synonym: (mama)
    ()なり()ごうとしません[4]
    kita nari nugō to shimasen
    [it's so comfortable that] She doesn't want to take it off while wearing it

Suffix

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(なり) (-nari

  1. following the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of a verb, indicates the state of the affixed verb or phrase: compare English just as
    (ひと)(びと)()なりになった
    hitobito ga iinari ni natta
    things turned out just as people say
  2. [from 1951] following a noun, indicates a state fitting or becoming to the affixed noun
    ()(ども)なり(そう)(ぞう)する
    kodomo nari ni sōzō suru
    imagine in a way fitting for a child / imagine like a child (implies that the subject is a child)
    ()(ぶん)なり(はん)(だん)
    jibun nari no handan
    my own kind of decision / deciding in my own way
  3. [from late 1300s] following a noun, indicates that shape or form: compare English like
    (ゆみ)なりになる
    yumi nari ni naru
    to become bow-shaped / to become like a bow

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 形・型”, in 日本国語大辞典[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 堅い/固い/硬い/かたい”, in 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, Etymology Derivation Dictionary) (in Japanese), 2003–2024, mentioning the likely overlap with kata.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  6. ^ 形・容”, in 日本国語大辞典[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 形・態”, in 日本国語大辞典[3] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

Korean

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC heng).

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun 모양 (moyang hyeong))

  1. hanja form? of (form; shape)

Compounds

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [5]

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: hình, hềnh

  1. image
  2. a figure or a silhouette
  3. (Southern Vietnam) a photo; a picture
  4. (geometry) a shape
  5. Clipping of hình học (geometry).