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像

像 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かたち。
  2. かたどる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「人」+音符「象」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

statue, picture, image, figure, portrait

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゾウElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • かた
Other languages
  • 拼音xiang4
  • 한글sang
  • Hán-ViệtTượng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+50CF

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻象

Words using this kanji

  • 像ぞう（ぞう）媒体に現れる、物や人の姿形。 （ぞう）像（語義1）のうち、絵などに描いたもの。 （ぞう）像（語義1）のうち、何かの三次元的な外形を木や石などで表したもの。image, figure, statue, picture
  • 像主ぞうしゅsubject (of a portrait or bust), a person posing for a portrait or bust, (historically) patron, someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art
  • 像面ぞうめんimage surface (optics)
  • 像容ぞうようfeatures of a statue, appearance of a statue
  • 像法ぞうぼう釈迦滅後における区分のひとつ。正法のあと500年または1000年の期間で、教えはあるが修行する者がなく、悟りを得る者はいないとされる。age of the copied law (one of the three ages of Buddhism), middle day of the law, age of semblance dharma
  • 像面湾曲ぞうめんわんきょくcurvature of field (optics)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-12
Four Corner
2723.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a12.8
Heisig
2131
Nelson
540