Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 形


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Meaning

shape, pattern

Pronunciation

KEI, GYŌ
katachi, kata

Explanation

Left: open (image of a toori, the entrance gate of a Shintō-shrine, cf. open 開), right: hair

Mnemonic

Open hair and you are in a good shape.

Radicals

open(Image of a toori, the entrance gate of a Shinto shrine, with a double traverse beam)
hair(The radical sanzukuri shows three hair.)
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Vocabulary

かたち shape
人形 にんぎょう doll, puppet, figure
形成 けいせい formation
身形 みなり appearance, dress, outfit
原形 げんけい original form, base form
図形 ずけい figure
形容詞 けいようし "true" adjective
正方形 せいほうけい square
地形 ちけい terrain, geographical features, topography

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