無形

無形

1. (attributive) invisible; intangible; formless

• 有形 (yǒuxíng)

From Middle Chinese compound 無形 / 无形 (mju heng, literally “without shape”). The goon, so likely the initial borrowing.

• (Tokyo) むぎょー [mùgyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ɡʲo̞ː]

無(む)形(ぎょう) • (mugyō) ^{←むぎやう (mugyau)?}

1. (Buddhism): formlessness, bodylessness; something that is shapeless and invisible

From Middle Chinese compound 無形 / 无形 (mju heng, literally “without shape”). A combined reading, using the goon for 無 (mu) but the kan'on for 形 (kei), so this reading likely represents a later development in Japan.

• (Tokyo) むけー [mùkéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ke̞ː]

無(む)形(けい) • (mukei) 

1. formlessness, shapelessness, invisibility, intangibility, incorporeality

   無形(むけい)の力(ちから)、無形(むけい)固定資産(こていしさん)

   mukei no chikara, mukei kotei shisan

   an invisible force, intangible fixed assets

• 有形(ゆうけい) (yūkei): tangible, having a shape or form

• 無見(むけん) (muken): the belief that everything in this world is null and void, without substance

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN