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形

7 strokes
Radical:
bristle, beard 彡
Parts:
一 ノ 二 廾 彡
shape, form, style
Kun:
かた、 -がた、 かたち、 なり
On:
ケイ、 ギョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
418 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 形 【ケイ】 form, tense, adjective, i-adjective (in Japanese)
  • 形式 【ケイシキ】 form (as opposed to substance), format, form, style, manner, formality, form, mode, form, form (bilinear, quadratic, etc.)
  • 造形 【ゾウケイ】 molding, moulding, shaping, forming, modelling (i.e. plastic arts), modeling
  • 体型 【タイケイ】 figure, body shape, build, physique, form, somatotype, biotype, habitus, (type of) physique
  • 形相 【ギョウソウ】 look (esp. an angry or upset look), expression
  • 奇形 【キケイ】 deformity, malformation, strange shape, unusual shape
  • 大仰 【オオギョウ】 exaggerated, overblown, overdone

Kun reading compounds

  • 形 【かた】 shape, form, style, security, collateral, obverse of an old zeni coin
  • 形 【かたち】 form, shape, figure, visage
  • 借金のカタ 【しゃっきんのカタ】 security for a loan, collateral
  • 館 【やかた】 mansion, palace, manor house, castle, nobleman, noblewoman, dignitary, cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
  • 形 【かたち】 form, shape, figure, visage
  • 形作る 【かたちづくる】 to form, to shape, to make, to mold, to mould, to build up
  • 顔かたち 【かおかたち】 features, looks
  • 姿形 【すがたかたち】 appearance, figure, shape, form
  • 形 【なり】 style, way, shape, form, appearance, state
  • 形体 【なりかたち】 one's appearance
  • 生成り 【きなり】 unbleached cloth, unbleached colour (color), unbleached, undyed
  • 鉤状 【かぎなり】 hooklike, hook-shaped, unciform

Readings

Japanese names:
ち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing2
Korean:
hyeong

Spanish

  • forma
  • figura
  • tipo

Portuguese

  • forma
  • formulário
  • estilo

French

  • forme
  • style
200 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
115 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
104 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
408 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1589 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
223 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
518 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
414 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
395 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
399 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
509 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
615 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1050 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
565 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
749 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1727 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9969 Morohashi
846 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1713 New Nelson (John Haig)
1711 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1847 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
306 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
141 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3260 2001 Kanji
3j4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
1242.2 Four corner code
1-23-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f62 Unicode hex code

臨

18 strokes
Radical:
minster, official 臣
Parts:
一 ノ 人 口 臣 品 乞
look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on
Kun:
のぞ.む
On:
リン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
722 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 臨界 【リンカイ】 boundary, (nuclear) criticality, critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
  • 臨海 【リンカイ】 coastal, seaside, oceanfront, maritime
  • 意臨 【イリン】 copying calligraphy without sticking to the model (calligraphy), copying freely
  • 形臨 【ケイリン】 copying calligraphy from a model

Kun reading compounds

  • 臨む 【のぞむ】 to look out on, to overlook, to front onto, to face (a situation, crisis, etc.), to meet (e.g. death), to be confronted by, to deal with (an issue), to attend (e.g. a function), to appear (e.g. in court), to be present at, to go to (e.g. a place), to take part in, to participate, to join

Readings

Japanese names:
み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lin2
Korean:
rim

Spanish

  • asistir
  • encontrar
  • encarar
  • enfrentarse
  • confrontar

Portuguese

  • considerar
  • enfrentar
  • reunião
  • confrontar
  • coparecer
  • invocar

French

  • faire face à
  • rencontrer
  • affronter
  • assister à
  • passer voir
  • se rendre sur place
  • exceptionnel
880 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
1004 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
994 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
897 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3840 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
783 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1683 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
836 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
855 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1229 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1806 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2059 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1083 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1470 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
862 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30087 Morohashi
1630 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4899 New Nelson (John Haig)
854 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
918 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1004 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3477 2001 Kanji
2t15.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-11 SKIP code
1-6-11 SKIP code
7876.6 Four corner code
1-46-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
81e8 Unicode hex code