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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

跡

13 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
Parts:
亠 口 止 赤 足
tracks, mark, print, impression
Kun:
あと
On:
セキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
953 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 跡 【セキ】 trace
  • 史跡 【シセキ】 historic landmark, historic site, historic remains
  • 軌跡 【キセキ】 tire track, traces of a person or thing, path one has taken, locus

Kun reading compounds

  • 跡 【あと】 trace, tracks, mark, sign, site, remains, ruins, scar
  • 後始末 【あとしまつ】 settlement (of a matter), sorting out, winding up (affairs), dealing with the aftermath, cleaning up afterwards, tidying up (when finished)
  • 焼け跡 【やけあと】 ruins of a fire, fire-devastated area
  • 後々 【あとあと】 future, distant future

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • marca
  • huella
  • señal
  • ruinas

Portuguese

  • trilhas
  • marca
  • impressão

French

  • traces
  • marques
  • vestiges
  • empreinte
1485 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
931 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4560 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1502 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1792 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1926 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1569 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1673 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1587 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1761 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1937 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1032 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1395 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1762 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
37493 Morohashi
1534 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5875 New Nelson (John Haig)
1746 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1883 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1671 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3741 2001 Kanji
7d6.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
6013.0 Four corner code
1-32-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8de1 Unicode hex code