形
Meanings
Noun
1. (physical) form; shape; figure
2. visage; (facial) features; appearance (of a person); figure; looks (occ. written 貌)
3. form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); style; (outward) appearance
4. (resultant) state; situation; condition; form
5. behaviour (towards others); attitude; demeanor; manners
6. shape (positional qualities of a group of stones)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
かたち
Used in vocabulary
Examples57
物質
Matter changes its form according to temperature.
自然
Nature provides other forms of protection against environmental dangers.
地方
Local party members are trying to gerrymander the district.
神
God created man in his own image.
音楽
Music gives sound to fury, shape to joy.
水
Water and ice are the same substance in different forms.