Memory phrase for the Kanji: 型


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Meaning

model, form, pattern, mold, type, shape

Pronunciation

KEI
kata

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

earthground, soil
openImage of a toori, the entrance gate of a Shinto shrine, with a double traverse beam
cutVariante of sword
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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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