Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かたど
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
模る

Etymology edit

From the meaning of 形取る, lit, "to take the shape of"[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(かたど) (katadorutransitive godan (stem (かたど) (katadori), past (かたど)った (katadotta))

  1. to make a shape of, to model, to symbolize

Conjugation edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN