形 xíng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 彡 — hair
- Made of
- 开 to open 彡 hair
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
形状
xíngzhuàng
shape
Characters in this word
状 zhuàng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 犬 — dog
- Made of
- 丬 half of tree trunk 犬 dog
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这个形状真怪。 Zhè ge xíng zhuàng zhēn guài. This shape is really strange.
- 饼干形状可爱。 Bǐng gān xíng zhuàng kě ài. The cookie shape is cute.
- 请画出形状。 Qǐng huà chū xíng zhuàng. Please draw the shape.