# 形 — Shape

Frequency rank 239 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 起 (Wake Up), less common than 母 (Mother).

- On’yomi: けい、ぎょう
- Kun’yomi: かた、かたち
- Radical: 彡 Bristle (Kangxi 59)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

Long greasy strands hang down over the paper lantern, and the flame behind them throws three stiff bristles onto the wall, black and two metres tall.

In words:

- 形 かたち — shape
- 人形 にんぎょう — doll, figure
- 形式 けいしき — form,formality,format,math expression

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