Character: 形
Modern (Beijing) reading: xíng
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)ēŋ
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)ēŋ
Western Han Chinese: gēŋ (~ ɣ-)
Eastern Han Chinese: giēŋ (~ ɣ-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: giēŋ (~ ɣ-)
Middle Postclassic Chinese: giēŋ (~ ɣ-)
Late Postclassic Chinese: giēŋ (~ ɣ-)
Middle Chinese: ɣieŋ
English meaning : form, figure, shape
Russian meaning[s]: 1) фигура; вид, форма; рельеф местности; тело; модель; принимать форму, проявляться; иметь вид; 2) повидимому, кажется; 3) сравнивать, сопоставлять
Comments: Attested already in Yijing, but absent in Schüssler's dictionary. Etymologically probably the same word as 刑 *g(h)ēŋ q.v.
Radical: 59
Four-angle index: 4082
Karlgren code: 0808 d
Vietnamese reading: hình
