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像

statue
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingゾウ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. statueRtK
    彼は粘土で像を形作った。He shaped the statue from clay.tatoeba
  2. figure
    彼は非常に想像力にとんだ作家です。He is a very imaginative writer.tatoeba
  3. image
    彼は木から仏像を彫った。He carved a Buddhist image out of wood.tatoeba
  4. picture
  5. portrait
    これは亡くなった父の肖像画です。This is a portrait of my late father.tatoeba

Popular Usage

想像映像現像

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · elephant · colour · color · bound up (乙) · sow · pig

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2131

Compound words

想像そうぞう
imagination; supposition; guess
想像するそうぞうする
to imagine
映像えいぞう
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; footage
現像げんぞう
development (of film); photographic processing
画像がぞう
image; picture; portrait
胸像きょうぞう
bust (sculpture); half-length portrait
偶像ぐうぞう
image; idol; statue
群像ぐんぞう
lively group (esp. of young people); dynamic bunch; group
受像じゅぞう
(television) reception; receiving (a picture)
肖像しょうぞう
portrait; likeness; picture
彫像ちょうぞう
(carved) statue; sculpture
銅像どうぞう
bronze statue
仏像ぶつぞう
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
実像じつぞう
real image; real form; real-life image; true picture; actual conditions
自画像じがぞう
self-portrait
将来像しょうらいぞう
vision of the future
人間像にんげんぞう
image of (an ideal) person
想像力そうぞうりょく
(power of) imagination
プロフィール画像プロフィールがぞう
profile picture; profile pic
影像えいぞう
silhouette
音像おんぞう
stereo image (audio)
巨像きょぞう
gigantic statue
鏡像きょうぞう
reflection in a mirror
幻像げんぞう
phantom

Stroke Order

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