象る
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 象 |
| かたど Grade: 5 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 模る |
Etymology
From the meaning of 形取る, lit, "to take the shape of"[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
象る • (katadoru) transitive godan (stem 象り (katadori), past 象った (katadotta))
- to make a shape of, to model, to symbolize
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 象ら | かたどら | katadora |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 象り | かたどり | katadori |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 象る | かたどる | katadoru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 象る | かたどる | katadoru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 象れ | かたどれ | katadore |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 象れ | かたどれ | katadore |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 象られる | かたどられる | katadorareru |
| Causative | 象らせる 象らす |
かたどらせる かたどらす |
katadoraseru katadorasu |
| Potential | 象れる | かたどれる | katadoreru |
| Volitional | 象ろう | かたどろう | katadorō |
| Negative | 象らない | かたどらない | katadoranai |
| Negative continuative | 象らず | かたどらず | katadorazu |
| Formal | 象ります | かたどります | katadorimasu |
| Perfective | 象った | かたどった | katadotta |
| Conjunctive | 象って | かたどって | katadotte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 象れば | かたどれば | katadoreba |
See also
- 形を取る (katachi o toru)
References
- “△象る”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026