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形
xíng
1. to appear
2. to look
3. form
4. shape
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

形
xíng
form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
HSK 5 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

彪形
biāoxíng
husky
环形
huánxíng
ring-shaped
形旁
xíngpáng
part of Chinese character indicating the meaning
形体
xíngtǐ
figure
条形
tiáoxíng
a bar
球形
qiúxíng
spherical
形容
xíngróng
to describe
HSK 5
形成
xíngchéng
to form
HSK 5
形变
xíngbiàn
deformation
形骸
xínghái
the human body
成形
chéngxíng
to take shape
有形
yǒuxíng
material
模形
móxíng
pattern
现形
xiànxíng
to become visible
形势
xíngshì
circumstances
HSK 5
形同
xíngtóng
tantamount to
形式
xíngshì
outer appearance
HSK 5
形态
xíngtài
shape
HSK 6
形核
xínghé
nucleation
形声
xíngshēng
ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods [[六書|六书]] of forming Chinese characters)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
268
Word Frequency Rank
1,477 of 84,292