型
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mold; type; style; model
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How 型 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
土 (semantic, “earth”) + 刑 (phonetic, xíng)
How to remember it
mold · Heisig RSH #619
刑 punishment + 土 soil
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 刑
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 刑 (xíng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刑 sound component | xíng | punishment, penalty; law |
| 硎 | xíng | whetstone |
Words containing 型
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小型车 | xiǎo xíng chē | compact car |
| 定型水 | dìng xíng shuǐ | hairspray |
| 小型巴士 | xiǎo xíng bā shì | minibus; microbus |
| 同型性 | tóng xíng xìng | isomorphism |
| 流线型 | liú xiàn xíng | sleek; streamlined |
| 对口型 | duì kǒu xíng | to lip-sync |
| 小型货车 | xiǎo xíng huò chē | light van |
| 平型关 | Píng xíng guān | Pingxing Pass, mountain pass in Shanxi Province |
| 小型核武器 | xiǎo xíng hé wǔ qì | mini-nuke |
| 大型 | dà xíng | large; large-scale |
| 中型 | zhōng xíng | medium sized |
| 小型 | xiǎo xíng | small scale; small size |
| 白菜型油菜 | bái cài xíng yóu cài | a type of rapeseed (Brassica rapa) cultivated for its edible leaves (including varieties l… |
| 成长型思维 | chéng zhǎng xíng sī wéi | growth mindset |
| 机型 | jī xíng | the specific model of a machine (e.g. cell phone model, laptop model, aircraft model) |
| 有型 | yǒu xíng | stylish |
| 体型 | tǐ xíng | build; body type |
| 发型 | fà xíng | hairstyle; coiffure; hairdo |
| 面型 | miàn xíng | shape of face |
| 口型 | kǒu xíng | mouth shape when speaking or singing |