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像 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「亻」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
On
ゾウぞう · zō
Kun
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Meaning
image; statue; figure

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

亻 "person" plus 象 "to model after"; a figure shaped in imitation — hence "image, statue."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゾウぞうzō肖像しょうぞう現像げんぞう想像そうぞう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 映像えいぞう

    image; footage

  • 想像そうぞう

    imagination

More words with this kanji

  • 銅像どうぞう
  • 肖像しょうぞう
  • 塑像そぞう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

未来(みらい)の町(まち)を想像(そうぞう)してみた。

I tried to imagine the town of the future.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

想像映像像想think映to ref…仏Buddha仮tempor…件matter任to ent…似to res…造to bui…象elepha…雑miscel…増to inc…曹offici…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 亻Map of reading ゾウAll maps

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