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Kanji Detail for 肖 - "to resemble, portrait"

肖

  • Meaning

    肖 means "to resemble, portrait." Also associated with small.

    1. Resemble - To look like.

    2. Portrait - A likeness of a person.

    3. Small - Tiny; diminutive.

  • Words using 肖

    • 肖像 しょうぞう Listen portrait; likeness; picture

  • Tattoo check: 肖

    • Verified meaning: to resemble, portrait
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あやか, しゅう, しよ, しょう)
    • Also carries these associations: small

    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 肖

    Given names 肖(あやか)Listen

    Surnames 肖(しゅう)Listen 肖(しよ)Listen 肖(しょう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    resemblance

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    look like, resemble, be like

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Xiao; Taiwan pr. [Xiao4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to resemble, to look like; to be like

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

    To resemble. Such as saying 惟妙惟肖 (remarkably true to life). | When a son does not resemble his father, it is called 不肖 (unworthy). (Mencius) "Dan Zhu was unworthy. Shun's son was also unworthy." Also, being unworthy is called 不肖.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ayaka.ru(あやか-る) あやか-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    肉 月 (niku・nikuzuki)

  • Related Keywords

    to resemble portrait small decline imitate represent resemblance likeness copy depiction duplicate effigy figure image imitation miniature model similarity icon silhouette profile

Sentences including 肖

  • What a lucky person he is!

  • The portrait looks exactly like the real thing.

  • This portrait is nearly as large as life.

  • A portrait was hung on the wall.

  • She sat for her portrait.

  • A portrait of an old man was hanging on the wall.

  • The portrait was taken from the wall.

  • This is a portrait of my late father.

  • The portrait of her was true to life.

  • The portrait shows the profile of a beautiful woman.

More kanji with the radical 肉 月 (niku・nikuzuki)

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