Japanese Vocabulary – Shapes in Japanese 形

Japanese Vocabulary – Shapes (形) – Review Notes

Today we learned how to say some shapes in Japanese! In these review notes, we will go over all the Japanese vocabulary that was in the video and we will see a list of more shapes in Japanese!

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Today’s Japanese Vocabulary Lesson is:

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★　Shape in Japanese is 形 (かたち – katachi)

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★　The Japanese word for circle is 丸 (まる – maru).

★　丸 (まる – maru) is also the name of the Japanese period  [  。] because it is a circle.

★　The adjective 丸い (まるい – marui) means“round” or“circular”

★　Another word for circle is 円形 (えんけい – enkei)

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★　The Japanese word for square is 四角 (しかく – shikaku).

★　四 means“four” and 角 means “angle” or“corner.” So, 四角 is like “four angles” or “four corners”

★　The adjective 四角い (shikakui) also means “square” but is used as an adjective, not a noun.

★　Another word for square is 四角形 (しかくけい – shikakukei)

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★　The Japanese word for triangle is 三角 (さんかく – sankaku)

★　三 means “three” and 角 means “angle” or“corner.” So, 三角 is like “three angles” or “three corners”

★　Another word for triangle is 三角形 (さんかっけい – sankakkei)

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★　Rectangle in Japanese is 長四角 (ながしかく – nagashikaku).

★　長い means“long” and 四角 means“square” so 長四角 is like a long square.

★　Another Japanese word for rectangle that is also often used is: 長方形 (ちょうほうけい – chōhōkei)

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★　The suffix 〜形 (〜がた, ~gata, “shape”) is often used for irregular or non-traditional shapes.

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★　Heart Shape in Japanese is ハート形 (hātogata)

★　ハート (hāto) means “heart” and 形 (gata) means shape.

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★　Star Shape in Japanese is 星形 (hoshigata).

★　星 (hoshi) means star and 形 (gata) means shape.

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★　Diamond Shape, or Rhombus, in Japanese is 菱形 (ひしがた – hishigata).

★　Another word for Diamond Shape, or Rhombus, is 斜方形 (しゃほうけい – shahōkei)

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More Shapes:

Cone　　　　 　　ensuikei 　　　  円錐形

Cube　　　 　　　rippoutai 　　　立方体

Cylinder　　  　　enchuu　　 　　円柱

Sphere　　     　　tama or kyūkei  球 or 球形

Pyramid Shape　piramiddogata  ピラミッド形

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Conclusion:

We learned a lot of shapes in Japanese today! What’s your favorite shape? Let us know in the comment section below!

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