Memory phrase for the character: 型

型

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Meaning

model, form, pattern, mold, type, shape

Pronunciation

 KEI
kata

Explanation

 Top: punishment 刑 (who openly 开 uses a knife刂 is punished), below: earth 土

Mnemonic
 
With an open knife and earth (=clay) a model is formed.

Radicals

土 earthground, soil
开 openImage of a toori 开, the entrance gate of a Shinto shrine with a double traverse beam. This always open gate stands for: “open”.
刂 cutVariation of sword 刀
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 Vocabulary

型 かた  mold, model, style, shape, data-type
原型 げんけい  prototype, model, pattern, archetypal
典型 てんけい  type, pattern, archetypal
典型的 てんけいてき  prototypical, model
鋳型 いがた  mold, mould
模型 もけい  model, dummy, maquette

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