Model

On’yomi: けい
Kun’yomi: かた
Radical: 土 Earth (Kangxi 32)

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

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

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-typeN3

典型てんけい type,pattern,archetypalN3

模型もけい model;dummy;maquetteN1

型 is rank 484 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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