形

形 — shape, form, style

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 7
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #418 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: けい kei

ぎょう gyou
Kun'yomi: かた kata

-がた -gata

かたち katachi

なり nari

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 形

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.