型|かたkata[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. noun, noun (suffix)type; style; model; patternがた when a suffix
   ６００―Ｊ型がたのプリンターが１９９７年ねんの５月がつ４日かまで在庫ざいこ切きれとの御お知しらせありがとうございました。↗

   Thank you for letting me know that the Model 600-J printer will not be available until May 4, 1997.
2. nounmold; mould; model; pattern; template; impression
   その像ぞうは型かたに入いれられて作つくられた。↗

   The statue was cast in a mold.
3. nounkata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); form
4. nounconvention; tradition; (standard) form; formula; usage
5. noun(set) size; inches (in sizes of displays, disks, image sensors, etc.)がた when a suffix
6. noun(taxonomical) form

• Synonym種類しゅるいNeutralGroups sorted by shared features; the most common everyday word for kinds and sorts. 「型」 stresses a fixed style or pattern rather than mere classification.
• SynonymタイプNeutralLoanword for type, often of people — one's type, an ideal type. More colloquial than 「型」, and it never means a mold.
• Synonym様式ようしきWrittenWritten word for an established style or format, or the style of an era or school, as in 「建築様式」 and 「書類の様式」.
• Synonym類型るいけいWrittenFormal, academic word for a category drawn from shared essentials; also a hackneyed pattern, as in 「類型的な人物」.
• Synonym型式かたしきWrittenFormal term for the model number of an industrial product, as in 「型式認定」; archaeology also speaks of 「土器の型式」.
• SynonymジャンルNeutralEveryday word for genre: the categories of literature, music and the like, such as mystery fiction or jazz. It does not refer to a style.
• SynonymパターンNeutralA fixed pattern, routine or design, as in 「行動パターン」.
• SynonymフォームNeutralAn athlete's form or posture, and also paperwork forms and formats. In the martial arts, a set sequence of moves is a 「型」.
• Synonym部類ぶるいWrittenA class something belongs to, typically in 「〜の部類に入る」; used when sorting things into categories.
• Synonym類るいNeutralThings of the same kind, often tinged with disdain; also an equal or match, as in 「類いまれな」.
• Related形態けいたいWrittenWritten word for the outward form an organization or thing presents, as in 「雇用形態」 or 「生活形態」.
• Related形かたちNeutralThe everyday word for visible shape or outline, and also form as opposed to substance. 「型」 stresses a template or normative style.
• Related流儀りゅうぎWrittenA method handed down within a school of an art, or one's own way of doing things, as in 「自分の流儀」.
• RelatedスタイルNeutralStyle in general, and very often a person's figure, good or bad. 「型」 only classifies body types, as in 「痩せ型」.
• RelatedモデルNeutralA model, mock-up, fashion model or exemplar. For model numbers it is interchangeable with 「型」: 「新型」 and 「新モデル」 both work.
• Related作風さくふうWrittenThe overall stylistic tendency of a writer's or artist's work. 「型」 instead points to set, transmissible formulas of a craft.
• Related形状けいじょうNeutralThe physical shape of an object, as in 「形状記憶」; leans technical and carries no sense of type.

Use 「型」 for a fixed style or pattern, a mold, or a set sequence of moves in the martial arts. To simply classify things, 「種類」 and 「タイプ」 are the everyday choices; for product model numbers use 「型式」 or 「モデル」, and for style say 「スタイル」. The written words 「様式」, 「類型」, 「形態」 and 「作風」 cover established styles, typologies, outward forms and artistic style, while 「形」 and 「形状」 are about visible shape.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. （かた）舞踊ぶようや武道ぶどうなどの基本きほん動作どうさ。
2. （かた）鋳型いがた。
3. （かた）型式けいしき。
4. （がた）基本きほん動作どうさを表あらわす。
5. （がた）類型るいけいを表あらわす。