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型 = 土 + 刑

型 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mould”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 刑 (punish). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 735.

Keyword
mould
RTK frame
735
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ケイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
かた, -がた
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
плесень
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
型 pattern

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 土 soil
  2. 刑 punish

How to find 型 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “punish”. 型 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 型 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.