型

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 刑 + semantic 土 (“earth”) – an earthen mold, hence form, pattern.

Han character

型 (radical 32 土+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一弓土 (MNG), four-corner 1210₄, composition ⿱刑土)

1. pattern, model, type
2. law
3. mold

Synonyms

• (form): 樣 (样, 様), 形

References

• KangXi: page 227, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5030
• Dae Jaweon: page 463, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 436, character 11
• Unihan data for U+578B

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Cantonese

Hanzi

型 (Yale ying4)

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Japanese

Kanji

型 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: けい (kei)
• Kun: かた (kata)

Compounds

• 模型

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Korean

Hanja

型 (hangeul 형, revised hyeong, McCune-Reischauer hyŏng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

型 (pinyin xíng (xing2), Wade-Giles hsing2)

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Vietnamese

Han character

型 (hình)