Kata

Kata (1a)  

1.Kata 肩 (high-low intonation) means shoulder.

1a) A point diagonally one-line higher than a stone (a). The term for a shoulder blow () is katatsuki.

Kata (1b)  

1b) Upper outside corner of a rectangular shape (a).

2. Another character, kata 型 (flat intonation) means basic pattern or form. The word is generally vocalized in compounds. For example, parallel fuseki is heikou-gata fuseki, or new pattern is shingata.