• 型かた — shape, mold
• 型紙かたがみ — paper pattern
• 典型てんけい — archetype
• 模型もけい — model
• 原型げんけい — prototype
• 型破かたやぶり — unconventional

型 is a phono-semantic compound made of 土 (earth, structure) and 刑 (form/sentence). Together, they express a shape or mold — something formed and fixed. It conveys the idea of a set form or standard structure.

この型かたに 紙かみを 切きってください。
Please cut the paper to this shape.

彼かれは 典型的てんけいてきな 日本人にほんじんです。
He is a typical Japanese person.

The on-yomi ケイ (kei) is used in compound words like 典型 (tenkei), while the kun-yomi かた (kata) appears more often when referring to concrete shapes and molds.