Memory phrase for the Kanji: 像
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Meaning
| impression, image, figure
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Pronunciation |
ZŌ
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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.
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Radicals
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亻
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person | This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. |
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⺈
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kneeling person | (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying  , skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫) |
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豕
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pig | name of the radical: inoko This radical is also used in this simplified way 亥. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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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