Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
bow
Parts:
arc, arch, bow
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2371 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 弧 【コ】 arc
  • 弧形 【コケイ】 arc
  • 円弧 【エンコ】 arc
  • 励弧 【レイコ】 excitation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu2
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • arco
  • circunferencia

Portuguese

  • Arco

French

  • arc de cercle
  • arc
  • arche
1230 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1958 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1567 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1729 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1271 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1481 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1578 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1447 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
609 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
430 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
320 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1896 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9757X Morohashi
360 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1687 New Nelson (John Haig)
1878 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2023 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1224 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3562 2001 Kanji
3h6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
1223.0 Four corner code
1-24-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f27 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
bristle, beard
Parts:
shape, form, style
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:
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