形成
Meaning
- to form; to take shape
Example sentence
阿非利康族是源在南非形成的民族。
Afrikaners are the people originated in South Africa.
Characters in 形成
- 形 xíng shape, form; to appear
- 成 chéng to succeed
形 a shape plus 成, marking something becoming. Coming to have a shape, hence to form — and 成 does the same work in 变成, 完成 and 组成.