also: りょうけい
This pattern has rhombuses lined up.
The diamond in playing cards is a rhombus-shaped mark.
Standard kanji spelling for the common reading ひしがた.
Rare on'yomi reading, mostly encountered in technical or formal contexts.
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling, especially in everyday writing.
Compound of 菱 (hishi, 'water chestnut' or 'diamond shape') and 形 (kata/gata, 'shape'). The kanji 菱 originally referred to the water chestnut plant, whose leaves are rhombus-shaped, leading to the meaning 'diamond shape'.