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style; formula

Where 式 comes from

A craftsman's tool 弋 laid beside work 工 — the template you copy from. Patterns, forms, styles: whatever shape work should take, 式 is its mold.

式 in Chinese culture

中式 Chinese-style, 正式 formal, 方式 method. Math class writes 公式 formulas; ceremonies hold 仪式. Menus split into 中式早餐 and 西式早餐 — congee or croissant, pick your 式.

Example

How to remember it

The craftsman's TEMPLATE beside the work — the STYLE to follow.

程序员 (programmers) in Taiwan call code 程式 'procedure-style' — the same 式 that shapes ceremonies shapes software.

Same sound, different tones

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