型

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 刑 + semantic 土 ‎(“earth”) – an earthen mold, hence form, pattern.

Han character

型 (radical 32 土+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一弓土 (MNG), four-corner 1210₄, composition ⿱刑土)

1. pattern, model, type
2. law
3. mold

Synonyms

• (form): 樣 (样, 様), 形

References

• KangXi: page 227, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5030
• Dae Jaweon: page 463, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 436, character 11
• Unihan data for U+578B

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		型

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíng (xing²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: hsing²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyng
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴
    • Yale: yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng
    • Tâi-lô: hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (型, reconstructed)
Character (型), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 匣 (33) Final: 青 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 戸經切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɦeŋ/	/ɣieŋ/	/ɣeŋ/	/ɦeŋ/	/ɦɛjŋ/	/ɣieŋ/	/ɣɛŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (型, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
型					6865					井					耕					0					㓝					/*ɡeːŋ/					井轉註字

Definitions

型

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Japanese

Kanji

型

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Noun

型 ‎(hiragana かた, romaji kata)

1. (Martial Arts): choreographed training exercises

Readings

• Goon: ぎょう (gyō)
• Kan’on: けい (kei)
• Kun: かた (kata)

Compounds

• 模型

See also

• 型 on the Japanese Wikipedia.ja.Wikipedia
• Kata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Kata

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Korean

Hanja

型 • ‎(hyeong) (hangeul 형, revised hyeong, McCune-Reischauer hyŏng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

型 (hình)

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