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Kanji Detail for 像 - "image, statue, appearance"

像

  • Meaning

    像 means "image, statue, appearance."

    1. Image - A representation; a likeness.

    2. Statue - A sculpted figure; a form.

    3. Appearance - How something looks; form.

    4. Resemble - To be like; to copy.

  • Words using 像

    • 映像 えいぞう Listen image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video
    • 想像 そうぞう Listen imagination; supposition; guess
    • 画像 がぞう Listen image; picture; portrait
    • 肖像 しょうぞう Listen portrait; likeness; picture
    • 仏像 ぶつぞう Listen statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue
    • 実像 じつぞう Listen real image; real form; real-life image
    • 将来像 しょうらいぞう Listen vision of the future
    • 群像 ぐんぞう Listen lively group (esp. of young people); dynamic bunch; group

  • Four-character idioms with 像

    • 偶像崇拝 ぐうぞうすうはい Listen idolatry; idol worship

  • Tattoo check: 像

    • Verified meaning: image, statue, appearance
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ぞう)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 像

    Surnames 像(ぞう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    statue; picture; image; figure; portrait

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    a picture, image, figure; to resemble

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    picture, image, figure; to resemble

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Image; likeness. Such as 塑像 (sculpture), 畫像 (portrait). | Resembling. Such as 像生 (lifelike), 像皮 (imitation leather). Meaning though not real, extremely similar.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    zoh(ゾウ) ゾウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    image statue appearance create imitate resemblance resemble figure cast copy effigy icon illustration model mold photograph picture portrait reflection representation sculpture symbol

Sentences including 像

  • What do you imagine when you see that picture?

  • Imagine yourself to be on the moon.

  • No one can imagine what has become of him.

  • Can you imagine the world without money?

  • I can't imagine life without you.

  • I can't fancy going out in this weather.

  • I can't imagine such a life.

  • You can't imagine it , can you?

  • Little did i imagine that my plan would go wrong.

  • I never imagined meeting you here.

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