形(xíng)

HSK 37 strokes

to appear

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Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
xíng
Meaning
to appear; to look; form; shape
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 形 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰开彡

Sunlight 彡 streaming through a window 开

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

开kāi彡shān

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 形 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 形

Common words using 形 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

dì地xíng形
HSK 5

topography

Open 地形 page →
yuán圆xíng形
HSK 7-9

round

Open 圆形 page →
tú图xíng形
HSK 7-9

picture

Open 图形 page →
wǔ五xíng形

Wuxing - "Five Animals" - Martial Art

Open 五形 page →
rén人xíng形

human form; human-shaped; humanoid

Open 人形 page →
wèi位xíng形

configuration

Open 位形 page →
sān三jiǎo角xíng形

triangle

Open 三角形 page →
wǔ五biān边xíng形

pentagon

Open 五边形 page →

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专世丰丽义乡乱争

From 形’s common words

地圆图五人位三角

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