Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Shape

Alternatives

Form, Appearance

Mnemonic

You're walking at night when you discover a lantern covered entirely in hair, making it a very strange shape. In fact, this is a form you'd never expect a lantern to take.

Readings

On’yomi

けい, ぎょう

Kun’yomi

かた, かたち

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You stare at the shape until you finally recognize it: cake (けい)! Well, it's hairy, glowing cake, but it's still shaped like a big slice of cake.

Found In Vocabulary