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形

かたち

shape

Mnemonic

The outline of a thing and nothing else about it. He cut かた a cheese ち into stars for the party and not one person ate one: かたち.

Worth knowing

形 also reads けい in compounds, as in 形式 けいしき.

Built from

shape, form
彡 three brush strokes down the right, the marks you draw round a thing to show its outline.

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