How to read the form?
The pronunciation of shape is: xíng.

Chinese characters are commonly used in China. Commonly used words are: image, shape, description, graphics and so on.

Explain in detail:

1,

Mi Zige's word "Xing":

Shape, pictographic also. -(Eastern Han Dynasty) Xu Shen's Shuowen.

Things become physical shapes. -"Zhuangzi Heaven and Earth".

Thunderstorms are full of shapes. -A chariot.

Like in heaven, like on earth. -The Book of Rites.

All kinds of nature are also. -Mencius.

Form, born also. -"Historical Records Taishi Gongxu".

Liang described Kyle's bones and muscles as well. -"Liezi Fu Shuo".

Shaped like a wine statue. -It's all Zhang Hengchuan.

The shape of birds and beasts.

It's arrogance and the shape of the beam. -(Tang) Liu Zongyuan's Little Rock Mountain.

Shaped like a local dog. -"Strange Stories from a Lonely Studio, Promoting Weaving".

Because of the situation. -(Ming) Wei Xueyi's "nuclear ship".

2. Another example is tangible things (tangible things); Strip; Linear; Square; Round; Spherical; Trapezoidal; Triangle; Square; Polygon; Polygon; Mouth shape; Figure.

3, form, entity.

Can be invisible. -The Three Kingdoms (Wei) Han Danchun's Laughing Forest.

There is no hard work. -(Tang) Liu Yuxi's "Humble Room Inscription".

Mountain dive form. -(Song) Fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang Tower".

Hook outline. -Cai Yuanpei's "Picture Scroll".

4. Another example: silence (death); Form and sound (form and sound); Formal solution (form divorced from reality; Taoism refers to autopsy); Tangible; Invisible; Plastic surgery; Metaphysics (body and life); Form (form and essence); Formal teaching (explaining the meaning of words by analyzing the form of words)

5. Color and appearance.

People who see far see the appearance, not the shape. -"Gu Liang Biography".

Gong () quoted the meaning of being close at hand and folded it up. Although there is nothing to do, righteousness means goodbye. -(Ming) Huang Daozhou's "Jiehuan and Yuan Gong Biography".

6. Another example: hiding (appearance, identity); Form and quality (appearance and temperament); A dirty (dirty) appearance.

7. Surfaces of various natural environments or natural features.

Qin, the country of victory. -"Historical Records".

8. Another example: convenient shape (favorable terrain); Form (dangerous situation); Shape (geographical pattern).

9. Situation.

From this point of view, courage and fear, potential also; Force, shape also. -Bao Ren An Shu by Sima Qian.

If a servant fails the exam, his shape is inevitable. -(Korea) Jia Yi Zhu Qian.

The shape of the incompetent. -"Mencius Hui Liang Wang Shang".

The shape of a tripod. -(Song) Sima Guang's History as a Mirror.

10, another example: formal dress (yielding to the situation); Suitability (as appropriate).