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典型 (tenkei) Japanese meaning: typical example | Kotomora

典てん型けい

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

typical example; model; archetype

Refers to a representative or perfect example of a category, pattern, or type. Often used in analytical or descriptive contexts.

彼かれの行こう動どうは典てん型けい的てきなパターンだ

。

His behavior is a typical pattern.

この建たて物ものは日本にほん建けん築ちくの典てん型けいです。

This building is a model of Japanese architecture.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の典てん型けいa typical example/model of ~
彼かれの行こう動どうは現げん代だいの若わか者ものの典てん型けいだ。
His behavior is a typical example of young people today.
典てん型けいを示しめすto present/show a typical case
この事じ件けんは社しゃ会かい問もん題だいの典てん型けいを示しめしている。
This incident illustrates a typical case of a social problem.

Kanji

典code, ceremony, law
型mould, type, model

Related words

代だい表ひょうN3
代表 means 'representative' in the sense of standing for a group or being a delegate, while 典型 is a 'typical example' that embodies the characteristics of a category.
模も範はんN1
模範 is a 'model' or 'example' to be followed, often with a normative or ideal connotation, whereas 典型 is a descriptive 'typical case' without necessarily implying it should be emulated.
好こう例れい
好例 is a 'good example' chosen to illustrate a point clearly, while 典型 emphasizes that the example is representative of an entire category.
手て本ほんN1
手本 is a concrete model meant to be copied or learned from, while 典型 is an abstract label for something that best exemplifies a type.
標ひょう本ほんN2
典型 means a typical or model example of a category, close to 標本's sense of a representative case, but 典型 is used more broadly outside scientific contexts.

Word family

典てん型けい的てきN2
typical; representative; archetypal
典てん型けい例れい
classic example; textbook case; typical instance

Etymology

From 典 (rule, standard) + 型 (mold, type). The combination conveys the idea of a standard form or typical pattern.