象 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「豕」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「豕」
- On
- ショウ・ゾウしょう・ぞう · shō · zō
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- elephant; phenomenon; shape
Stroke order
Origin
A picture of an elephant with its long trunk; from that striking shape came "form, phenomenon."
Readings and examples
| Onショウしょうshō | 象徴しょうちょう対象たいしょう現象げんしょう |
|---|---|
| Onゾウぞうzō | 象眼ぞうがん巨象きょぞう |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 気象きしょう
weather; meteorological phenomena
- 対象たいしょう
target; object
- 気象庁きしょうちょう
- 抽象ちゅうしょう
- 象牙ぞうげ
- 象嵌ぞうがん
Example
気象のニュースを毎朝見る。
I watch the weather news every morning.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)