# 型 — Model

Frequency rank 484 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 像 (Image), less common than 絶 (Extinction).

- On’yomi: けい
- Kun’yomi: かた
- Radical: 土 Earth (Kangxi 32)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

A lantern on top, knife in the middle, and dirt at the bottom — a lantern illuminates the knife carving a model into the dirt, sculpting a perfect miniature form.

In words:

- 型 かた — mold,model,style,shape,data-type
- 典型 てんけい — type,pattern,archetypal
- 模型 もけい — model;dummy;maquette

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