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Kanji Detail for 象 - "elephant, image, symbol"

  • Meaning

    象 means "elephant, image, symbol."

    1. Elephant - A large mammal with a trunk.

    2. Image - A form; an appearance.

    3. Symbol - A representation.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    elephant; pattern after; imitate; image; shape; sign (of the times)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    elephant; ivory; figure, image

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    elephant; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; shape; form; appearance; to imitate

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    elephant; ivory; figure, image

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

    A large animal. Found in tropical regions of the south. Large ones have bodies over ten feet long and height proportional. The head cannot bend up or down. The trunk is long and boneless. All food is sent to the mouth by the trunk. Its tusks are long and dense. Can be made into implements. | Ivory is called 象. Such as 象床 (ivory bed), 象笏 (ivory tablet). | Shape or form. Such as 圖象 (diagram), 畫象 (portrait). Today commonly written as 像. Also Buddhism is called 象教 (teaching through images). Meaning using images to teach people.
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