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形 means 'shape'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 278   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-6    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 20    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 119 words   Used in 786 words   Used in 625 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ケイ   ギョウ
Kun
   かたち   かた    shape, form
Additional readings
Kun    なり   -がた
Name    ち
Components
⿰  开 start; initiate  彡 fur  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 形 is used 17 times, read 4 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 形 is used 758 times, read 5 ways (with 2 variations).
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ケイ : 534 words FIND ALL
け い し き 0
noun
1. form (as opposed to substance); formality  (see also: 形式張る)
2. method; system; style
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ギョウ : 50 words FIND ALL
に ん ぎ ょ う 0
noun
doll; puppet; figure
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かた : 20 words FIND ALL
か た み 0
noun
memento; souvenir
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かたち : 13 words FIND ALL
か た ち 0
noun
1. form; shape; figure  (this meaning is restricted to form 形, 容)
2. visage
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なり : 11 words FIND ALL
noun
one's appearance
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かた (read as がた) : 129 words FIND ALL
や ま が た 0
mountain-shape; chevron; cone
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かたち (read as がたち) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
over-concentrated shape (in go); placing too many stones in the same area
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An additional 28 less common words include 形 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 115 (originally: 104)  Joy o' Kanji : 104  Key to Kanji: 248 

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形
ケイ   ギョウ   shape   かたち    かた    
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开
start, initiate   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
廾
twenty; two hands   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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丨
stick   
彡
fur, bristles, beard   
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