型

xíng

刑 + 土

Definitions

xíng (noun) type; model; style

xíng (noun,verb) mold; cast

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 刑 represents the sound.

Semantic: 土 Phonetic: 刑

About

型 is a phono-semantic compound that combines the semantic component 土 (tǔ, 'earth'), located at the bottom, with the phonetic component 刑 (xíng), placed at the top. The earth radical points to the character's original meaning: a mold made of clay for casting bronze vessels and other metal objects. This physical mold served as a template for reproducing identical items, and the meaning later broadened to abstract notions of a model, type, pattern, or standard. Now the character appears widely in terms for product models, blood types, and structural categories.

Etymology Hide

Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

Example Sentences Hide

这是一个小型汽车。

Zhè shì yī gè xiǎo xíng qì chē.

This is a small car.

他喜欢那种类型。

Tā xǐ huān nà zhǒng lèi xíng.

He likes that type.

新型电脑很快。

Xīn xíng diàn nǎo hěn kuài.

New type computers are fast.

我们需要改进产品型号。

Wǒ men xū yào gǎi jìn chǎn pǐn xíng hào.

We need to improve the product model.

她的发型很时尚。

Tā de fà xíng hěn shí shàng.

Her hairstyle is very fashionable.

这种建筑风格是古典型的。

Zhè zhǒng jiàn zhù fēng gé shì gǔ diǎn xíng de.

This architectural style is classical type.

公司正在开发新型环保材料。

Gōng sī zhèng zài kāi fā xīn xíng huán bǎo cái liào.

The company is developing new environmentally friendly materials.

根据用户反馈，我们调整了软件界面类型。

Gēn jù yòng hù fǎn kuì, wǒ men tiáo zhěng le ruǎn jiàn jiè miàn lèi xíng.

According to user feedback, we adjusted the software interface type.

Related Characters

Component: 刑

Component: 土

型