象 — Chinese character
象
xiàng
elephant; ivory; figure, image
- Pinyin
- xiàng
- Radical
- 152 ⾗ (Pig)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 口 豕
- Formation
- pictophonetic — boar; meaning component 豕
- Japanese
- 象 as a kanji
Common words with 象
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 现象 (現象) | xiàn xiàng | phenomenon; 个 (gè),种 (zhǒng) |
| 对象 (對象) | duì xiàng | target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend |
| 形象 | xíng xiàng | image; form |
| 想象 | xiǎng xiàng | to imagine; to envision; imagination |
| 印象 | yìn xiàng | impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory |
| 象征 (象徵) | xiàng zhēng | symbol; emblem; to symbolize; to signify; to represent |
| 气象 (氣象) | qì xiàng | meteorological condition; weather; meteorology |
| 迹象 (跡象) | jì xiàng | sign; indication; mark; indicator |
| 景象 | jǐng xiàng | scene; sight (to behold) |
| 大象 | dà xiàng | elephant; 头 (tóu) |
| 抽象 | chōu xiàng | abstract; abstraction |
| 好象 | hǎo xiàng | to seem; to be like (variant of 好像 (hǎo xiàng)) |
English words written with 象
象 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 5 · Art of War 2 · Mencius 12 · Zhuangzi 13
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 14
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 21
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 35
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 41
- Art of War 6.29
- Art of War 13.5
- Mencius 1A.4
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.