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
形态
xíngtài
form
Characters in this word
态 tài
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 云的形态美。 Yún de xíngtài měi. The clouds have beautiful forms.
- 形态很简单。 Xíngtài hěn jiǎndān. The form is very simple.
- 这种形态常见。 Zhè zhǒng xíngtài chángjiàn. This kind of form is common.