人形

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Chinese

man; person; people
to appear; to look; form
to appear; to look; form; shape
 
simp. and trad.
(人形) 		人 形

Pronunciation

Noun

人形

  1. human shape or appearance
  2. doll; puppet

Derived terms

Japanese

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人形 (ningyō, hitogata): a doll for Hina matsuri.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
人 形
にん
Grade: 1 		ぎょう
Grade: 2
goon

From Middle Chinese compound 人形 (nyin heng, literally “person shape”).

Pronunciation

Noun

人(にん)形(ぎょう) • (ningyō) ←にんぎやう (ningyau)?

  1. doll; puppet
    • 2015 August 16, mothy [mothy] (lyrics and music), “バリーゾールの子供は一人っ子 [Barisol's Child is an Only Child]”:
      室(しつ)内(ない)に転(ころ)がった人(にん)形(ぎょう)   手(て)足(あし)はバラバラで温(あたた)かい
      Shitsunai ni korogatta ningyō   teashi wa barabara de atatakai
      The dolls scattered inside the room, their limbs were warm and in pieces
  2. a picture of someone's appearance
  3. (figurative) a puppet, one who carries out actions for someone else
  4. (less common) a tailor's dummy, a mannequin
Usage notes

For the general sense of doll, the ningyō reading appears to be more common.

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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
人 形
ひと
Grade: 1 		かた > がた
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Compound of 人 (hito, “person”) +‎ 形 (kata, “shape, form”). The kata changes to gata as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

人(ひと)形(がた) • (hitogata) 

  1. a human shape
  2. a doll
  3. a tailor's dummy, a mannequin
  4. a proxy, a representative
  5. a person's appearance
  6. a description or sketch of a person, as in a wanted poster created by the police

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
人形

Noun

人形 • (inhyeong) (hangeul 인형)

  1. hanja form? of 인형 (“doll, puppet”)
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