xíng = xi + (e)ng2
to appear / to look / form / shape
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How to pronounce 形

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

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+ (e)ng2 final

In the engine’s kitchen.

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形 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
kāi = k + ai1
to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
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shān = sh + an1
"bristle" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 59)
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Characters with 形 as component

形 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 形

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image / form / figure / CL:個|个[ge4] / visualization / vivid
to describe / description / appearance / look
to describe / (literary) countenance; appearance

Sentences with 形

形 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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xíng

to appear / to look / form / shape

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