像
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to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 人 +12
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 像
- Common rank
- #836
- Unicode
- U+50CF
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
likeness · Heisig RSH #1452
人 person + 象 elephant
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 像
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 四不像 | common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to re… | |
| 不像话 | unreasonable; shocking; outrageous | |
| 解像力 | resolving power (of a lens etc) | |
| 自由女神像 | Statue of Liberty | |
| 热成像 | thermal imaging | |
| 图像处理 | image processing | |
| 影像处理 | image processing | |
| 解像度 | resolution (of images, monitors, scanners etc) | |
| 人像 | likeness of a person (sketch, photo, sculpture etc) | |
| 自由神像 | Statue of Liberty | |
| 半身像 | half-length photo or portrait; bust | |
| 头像 | portrait; bust; (computing) profile picture; avatar | |
| 假人像 | an effigy | |
| 卫星图像 | satellite photo | |
| 断层成像 | computed tomography | |
| 奥斯卡金像奖 | an Academy Award; an Oscar | |
| 成像 | to form an image; imaging | |
| 石像 | stone statue | |
| 神像 | likeness of a god or Buddha; (old) portrait of the deceased | |
| 脑成像技术 | brain imaging technique |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 象 — compare how they read.