形 – JLPT N3 Kanji, Kanji for form, shape, style | Meaning, Readings & Stroke Order

形

Strokes: 7

Meanings: form, shape, style
Onyomi: ケイ
Kunyomi: かた, かたち, なり
Name Readings: ち
JLPT: N3
Grade: 2
Frequency: -
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Story

形 is made from 彡, meaning “lines or appearance,” and 幵, which suggests something being shaped or arranged. Together they express how something looks on the outside. From this idea, 形 came to mean shape, form, or figure.

Short Story

The outer lines show how something looks. That visible form is 形.

Mnemonic

Focus on the lines that show an object’s outline. That outline or shape is 形.

Vocabulary Examples

Word	Reading	Meaning	Meta
形	かたち	form, shape, figure	common JLPT-N4 JLPT-N3 Noun
形	かた	shape, form, style	Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
形	なり	style, way, shape, form, appearance, state	Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
形	けい	form	Suffix
形容詞	けいようし	adjective, i-adjective (in Japanese)	common JLPT-N2 Noun
形態	けいたい	form, shape, figure	common JLPT-N1 Noun
気質	きしつ	disposition, temperament, nature, mentality, spirit, character, trait, turn of mind	common JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
形式	けいしき	form (as opposed to substance)	common JLPT-N2 Noun
形成	けいせい	formation, molding, making (up), taking form, giving form to	common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
形勢	けいせい	condition, situation, prospects	common JLPT-N1 Noun

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Example Sentences

Example #1

この形は三角です。

このかたちはさんかくです

Kono katachi wa sankaku desu

This shape is a triangle.

Example #2

形がきれいな花ですね。

かたちがきれいなはなですね

Katachi ga kirei na hana desu ne

That flower has a beautiful shape.

Example #3

形の違うコップがあります。

かたちのちがうコップがあります

Katachi no chigau koppu ga arimasu

There are cups of different shapes.

Example #4

雲の形が面白いです。

くものかたちがおもしろいです

Kumo no katachi ga omoshiroi desu

The shape of the cloud is interesting.

Example #5

形を変えてみましょう。

かたちをかえてみましょう

Katachi o kaete mimashou

Let's try changing the shape.

Example #6

この形のパンが好きです。

このかたちのパンがすきです

Kono katachi no pan ga suki desu

I like bread in this shape.

Example #7

形が似ていますね。

かたちがにていますね

Katachi ga nite imasu ne

They look similar in shape.

Example #8

形を覚えるのは大変です。

かたちをおぼえるのはたいへんです

Katachi o oboeru no wa taihen desu

Remembering the shapes is difficult.

Example #9

形が壊れないようにしてください。

かたちがこわれないようにしてください

Katachi ga kowarenai you ni shite kudasai

Please make sure the shape doesn’t break.

Example #10

形を作るのが楽しいです。

かたちをつくるのがたのしいです

Katachi o tsukuru no ga tanoshii desu

It’s fun to make shapes.

Example #11

形を見ただけで分かります。

かたちをみただけでわかります

Katachi o mita dake de wakarimasu

I can tell just by looking at the shape.

Example #12

形が変わってしまいました。

かたちがかわってしまいました

Katachi ga kawatte shimaimashita

The shape has changed.

Example #13

形のいい石を拾いました。

かたちのいいいしをひろいました

Katachi no ii ishi o hiroimashita

I picked up a nicely shaped stone.

Example #14

形のないものも大切です。

かたちのないものもたいせつです

Katachi no nai mono mo taisetsu desu

Things without shape are also important.

Example #15

形を整えてください。

かたちをととのえてください

Katachi o totonoete kudasai

Please adjust the shape.

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Kanji Info

Kanji: 形

JLPT: n3

Strokes: 7

Grade: 2

Unicode: 5F62

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