Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

418 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: shape, form, style

Kunyomi: かた -がた かたち なり

Onyomi: ケイ ギョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんづくり

Meaning: bristle, beard

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

容詞(けいようし)   adjective

式(けいしき)   form, format

正方(せいほうけい)   square

長方(ちょうほうけい)   rectangle

成する(けいせいする)   form [v.t.]

する(へんけいする)   be transformed, transform

(にんぎょう)   doll

見(かたみ)   memento

(てがた)   draft, promissory note

(たまごがた)   oval, egg-shaped

(かたち)   shape

Onyomi Examples

ケイ form, tense, adjective, i-adjective (in Japanese)

ケイシキ form (as opposed to substance), format, form, style, manner, formality, form, mode, form, form (bilinear, quadratic, etc.)

ゾウケイ molding, moulding, shaping, modelling (i.e. plastic arts), modeling

体型 タイケイ figure, body shape, build, physique, form, somatotype, biotype, habitus, (type of) physique

ギョウソウ look (esp. an angry or upset look), expression

キケイ deformity, malformation, strange shape, unusual shape

大仰 オオギョウ exaggerated, overblown, pretentious

Kunyomi Examples

かた shape, form, style, security, collateral, obverse of an old zeni coin

かたち form, shape, figure, visage

借金のカタ しゃっきんのカタ security for a loan, collateral

やかた mansion, palace, manor house, castle, nobleman, noblewoman, dignitary, cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)

かたち form, shape, figure, visage

作る かたちづくる to form, to shape, to make, to mold, to mould, to build up

顔かたち かおかたち features, looks

姿 すがたかたち appearance, figure, shape, form

なり style, way, shape, form, appearance, state

なりかたち one's appearance

生成り きなり unbleached cloth, unbleached colour (color), unbleached, undyed

ふたなり hermaphrodite, androgyny, hermaphroditism