Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

像: statue, picture

Also: image, figure, portrait

JLPT N214 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met

亻 carries the meaning · 象 gives the sound

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ゾウzou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 想像するそうぞうするimagine
  • 現像するげんぞうするdevelop (film)
  • 映像えいぞうimage [n.]
  • 画像がぞうimage, picture [n.]
  • 実像じつぞうone's real life
  • 仏像ぶつぞうBuddhist statue
  • 肖像しょうぞうportrait
  • 銅像どうぞうbronze statue
  • 自画像じがぞうself portrait

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
More in the 亻 person story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亻

Also built on person (亻)

All 103

Also read ゾウ

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
像 statue · 亻 + 象
vs象 elephant · 𠂊 + 豕
像 has 亻 + 象 where 象 has 𠂊 + 豕.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xiàng

Same form: 像 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
像 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
像 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin xiàng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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