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

(Tokyo) かたどる [kàtádóꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ta̠do̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

象(かたど)る • (katadoru) transitive godan (stem 象(かたど)り (katadori), past 象(かたど)った (katadotta))

to make a shape of, to model, to symbolize

Conjugation

Conjugation of "象る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

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(かたち)を取(と)る (katachi o toru)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN