Memory phrase for the Kanji: 型

型

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Meaning

form, model, type (e.g. blood type)

Pronunciation

 xíng

Explanation

 Top: punishment 刑 (who openly 开 [=gate at temple] uses his knife刂 is punished.), earth: 土

Mnemonic

 Use an open knife and earth (=clay) to form a model.

Radicals

刑 punishment, penalty
开 to open, start, turn onCan be seen as the entrance gate of a buddhist temple with two traverses. This gate is always open.
土 earth, ground
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Vocabulary

 小型  xiǎo xíng  small scale; small size
 鼠蚤型斑疹伤寒  shǔ zǎo xíng bān zhěn shāng hán  murine typhus fever
 模型  mó xíng  model; mould; matrix; pattern
 成型  chéng xíng  to become shaped; to become formed
 大型  dà xíng  large; large-scale
 典型  diǎn xíng  model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative
 类型  lèi xíng  type; category; genre; form; style
 新型  xīn xíng  new type; new kind
 鼠型斑疹伤寒  shǔ xíng bān zhěn shāng hán  murine typhus
 鼠型斑疹伤寒  shǔ xíng bān zhěn shāng hán  

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