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像 — kanji meaning “statue”

statue, picture, image, figure, portrait

Meanings
statue, picture, image, figure, portrait
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Name readings
Strokes
14
School grade
5
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Newspaper frequency
#856 of 2,500
Classical radical
9
Chinese reading
xiàng — Chinese character page

Words with 像

WordReadingMeaning
がぞう gazouimage; picture; portrait
えいぞう eizouimage (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV)
そうぞう souzouimagination; supposition; guess
ぶつぞう butsuzoustatue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue
どうぞう douzoubronze statue
げんぞう genzoudevelopment (of film); photographic processing
しょうぞう shouzouportrait; likeness; picture
かいぞうど kaizoudoresolution (of a display, printer, scanner, etc.)
ぐうぞう guuzouimage; idol; statue
ちょうぞう chouzou(carved) statue; sculpture
じがぞう jigazouself-portrait
きょうぞう kyouzoubust (sculpture); half-length portrait

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