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典型 (てんけい): type, pattern, archetypal — Japanese vocabulary

典型 is read てんけい and means "type, pattern, archetypal". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

典型

Reading
てんけい · tenkei
Translation
type, pattern, archetypal
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
てんけいが

Example

彼女はあらゆる婦徳の典型である。

かのじょはあらゆるふとくのてんけいである。

She incarnates all womanly virtues.

Kanji in this word

  • 典 — code, ceremony
  • 型 — model, type

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