形
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to appear; to look; form; shape
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Dict coverage rank #230 U+5F62
How 形 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Sunlight 彡 streaming through a window 开
How to remember it
shape · Heisig RSH #1304
two hands + rooster tail
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 形
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无形中 | wú xíng zhōng | imperceptibly; virtually |
| 不定形 | bù dìng xíng | indeterminate form |
| 人形 | rén xíng | human form; human-shaped; humanoid |
| 山形 | Shān xíng | Yamagata (prefecture and city in Japan) |
| 地形 | dì xíng | topography; terrain; landform |
| 人字形 | rén zì xíng | V-shape; chevron; herringbone |
| 无形 | wú xíng | incorporeal; virtual; formless; invisible (assets); intangible |
| 全地形车 | quán dì xíng chē | all-terrain vehicle (ATV) |
| 形而上学 | xíng ér shàng xué | metaphysics |
| 有形 | yǒu xíng | material; tangible; visible; shapely |
| 长方形 | cháng fāng xíng | rectangle |
| 形上 | xíng shàng | metaphysics |
| 分形 | fēn xíng | fractal |
| 形体 | xíng tǐ | figure; physique; form and structure |
| 体形 | tǐ xíng | figure; bodily form |
| 面形 | miàn xíng | shape of face |
| 之字形 | zhī zì xíng | Z-shaped; zigzag |
| 口形 | kǒu xíng | variant of 口型[kou3 xing2] |
| 形式主义 | xíng shì zhǔ yì | formalism (in philosophy, art, or literary theory); excessive concern with form over subst… |
| 三角形 | sān jiǎo xíng | triangle |