象 — elephant, pattern after, imitate

ぞう象 elephant

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes animal

U+8C61 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #394 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2130 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

elephant
pattern after
imitate
image
shape
sign

word

そう・ぞう sou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

象(ぞう) zou elephant

しょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

対(たい) 象(しょう) taishou target 印(いん) 象(しょう) inshou impression 気(き) 象(しょう) kishou weather 事(じ) 象(しょう) jishou phenomenon 表(ひょう) 象(しょう) hyoushou representation 現(げん) 象(しょう) genshou phenomenon 象(しょう) 徴(ちょう) shouchou symbol 抽(ちゅう) 象(しょう) chuushou abstraction

Appears in idioms

有象無象四字熟語

possess, elephant, nothingness, elephant

有象無象四字熟語

possess, elephant, nothingness, elephant

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

𠂊 sloping stroke

豕 pig

Used as component in (1)

ぞう像 statue

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象 — elephant, pattern after, imitate

Meanings

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そう・ぞう sou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

しょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (1)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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象 — elephant, pattern after, imitate

Meanings

word

そう ・ぞう sou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

しょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (1)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

そう・ぞう sou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).