Memory phrase for the Kanji: 像

像

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Meaning impression, image, figure

Pronunciation

ZŌ

Explanation

Left: person 亻/人, right: elephant 象 (A trunk ⺈ and two big ears 罒 give the pig 豕/豚 an elephant's shape)

Mnemonic
 
A person like an elephant makes an impression.

Radicals

亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
⺈ kneeling person(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
豕 pigname of the radical: inoko This radical is also used in this simplified way 亥.
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 Vocabulary

想像 そうぞう  imagination, guess
画像 がぞう  image, picture, portrait
肖像 しょうぞう  portrait, picture
仏像 ぶつぞう  Buddhist image (statue)
映像 えいぞう  reflection, image
塑像 そぞう  a clay figure
現像 げんぞう  developing (film)

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