Chinese symbol for “mold”
型
xíng
mold; type; style; model
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mold is 型 (xíng), defined as: mold; type; style; model.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “mold”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 模 | mú | mold; die |
| 模具 | mú jù | (manufacturing) mold; die; also pr. [mo2ju4] |
| 霉 | méi | mold; mildew |
| 霉菌 | méi jūn | mold |
| 模子 | mú zi | mold; matrix |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 型.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大型 | dà xíng | large; large-scale |
| 类型 (類型) | lèi xíng | type; kind; category; (computer programming) type |
| 模型 | mó xíng | model; mold |
| 典型 | diǎn xíng | model; typical case |
| 转型 (轉型) | zhuǎn xíng | to undergo fundamental change; to transition; to transform; to update (to a new model of product) |
| 新型 | xīn xíng | new type; new kind |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mold”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.