型

型 U+2F855, 型 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F855 ← 堍 [U+2F854] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 堲 → [U+2F856]

Translingual

Han character

型 (Kangxi 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 Dictionary: page 227, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5030
• Dae Jaweon: page 463, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 436, character 11
• Unihan data for U+578B

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		型

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 型
Warring States
Chu slip and silk script

Characters in the same phonetic series (井) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
硎	*kʰreːŋ, *ɡeːŋ
耕	*kreːŋ
荊	*keŋ
井	*skeŋʔ
丼	*kl'oːmʔ, *skeŋʔ
妌	*sɡeŋʔ
穽	*sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs
阱	*sɡeŋʔ, *sɡeŋs
汫	*sɡeːŋʔ
刑	*ɡeːŋ
形	*ɡeːŋ
邢	*ɡeːŋ
鉶	*ɡeːŋ
型	*ɡeːŋ
侀	*ɡeːŋ

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíng (xing²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²
    • Yale: syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyng
    • Palladius: син (sin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing⁴
    • Yale: yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng
    • Tâi-lô: hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: heng

Rime
Character	型
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	戸經切
Baxter	heng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦeŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦeŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/ɣeŋ/
Wang Li	/ɣieŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xíng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jing4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	型
Reading #	1/1
No.	6865
Phonetic component	井
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	㓝
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːŋ/
Notes	井轉註字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 型

1. ^† mold
2. model; type; style; pattern
3. (Cantonese) stylish, cool

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Japanese

Kanji

型

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

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Noun

型(かた) • (kata) 

1. (martial arts) choreographed training exercises

Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)
• Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
• Kun: かた (kata, 型, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 模型(もけい) (mokei)

See also

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 型 (hình)

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