Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 形


Hanzi-Trainer
 

Meaning

appearance, shape, form

Pronunciation

xíng

Explanation

Left: open, start (image of the entrance gate of a buddh. temple), right: hair

Mnemonic

With open hair you are in good appearance.

Radicals

to open, start, turn on(Can be seen as the entrance gate of a buddhist temple with two traverses. This gate is always open.)
hair or bristle
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

Vocabulary

形而上学 xíng ér shàng xué metaphysics
梯形 tī xíng trapezoid
矩形 jǔ xíng rectangle
弓形 gōng xíng circular segment
拱形 gǒng xíng arch
马蹄形 mǎ tí xíng horseshoe shape
菱形 líng xíng rhombus
自惭形秽 zì cán xíng huì to feel ashamed of one's inferiority (idiom); to feel inferior
鹃形目 juān xíng mù Cuculiformes, order of birds including cuckoo
畸形 jī xíng deformity; birth defect; abnormality
遁形 dùn xíng to vanish; to hide; to cover one's traces

At the page you get the memory phrases for learning the Chinese Hanzi. If you are learning the Japanese kanji, please follow this link.

List of the characters | List of the radials

To the Trainer