Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/定形

Japanese

Kanji in this term
定	形
Grade: 3	Grade: 2
irregular

Etymology

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 定形 (“form”), a term which decomposes into 定 (“fixed”) + 形 (“shape”), to native Japanese word かたち (katachi, “form”).

Noun

定形 (かたち)^[1](katachi) → 形 (かたち) (katachi)

form

Quotations

^ OT, page 1:
地(ち)は定形(かたち)なく曠空(むなし)くして黑暗(やみ)淵(わだ)の面(おもて)にあり神 (かみ)の靈(れい)水(みづ)の面(おもて)を覆(おほひ)たりき
Chi wa katachi naku munashiku shite yami wada no omote ni ari Kami no rei mizu no omote wo ōitariki
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters

[Gen_1:2-1] OT, page 1:
地(ち)は定形(かたち)なく曠空(むなし)くして黑暗(やみ)淵(わだ)の面(おもて)にあり神 (かみ)の靈(れい)水(みづ)の面(おもて)を覆(おほひ)たりき
Chi wa katachi naku munashiku shite yami wada no omote ni ari Kami no rei mizu no omote wo ōitariki
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters

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