Shapes in Japanese
By Dmytro Syrykh, the parent who makes Kidster
Spoken by a native Japanese voice, the same recording a child hears in the Kidster app.
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Good to know
Japanese builds polygon names from numbers and 角形 (kakkei, “angled shape”): 三角形 (sankakkei), 五角形 (gokakkei). A circle is 円 (en), the same word as the yen. Some shapes, like ピラミッド and リング, are borrowed from English.
All of them, with spelling
| Meaning | Word | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| Circle | 円 | en |
| Square | 正方形 | seihōkei |
| Triangle | 三角形 | sankakukei |
| Rectangle | 長方形 | chōhōkei |
| Oval | 楕円 | daen |
| Ring | リング | ringu |
| Arch | アーチ | āchi |
| Pentagon | 五角形 | gokakukei |
| Hexagon | 六角形 | rokkakukei |
| Octagon | 八角形 | hakkakukei |
| Sphere | 球体 | kyūtai |
| Cube | 立方体 | rippōtai |
| Cylinder | 円柱 | enchū |
| Cone | 円錐 | ensui |
| Pyramid | ピラミッド | piramiddo |
| Wedge | くさび | kusabi |
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