Chinese Character 像 Meanings and components.

Form

像

Meaning

像 meaning[3] in English

To Resemble.

To Be Like.

To Look As If.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 像 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and elephant (象)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with ONAO

How to write 像

To write像xiang4to resemble you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 象xiang4elephant arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 象 = 像

像 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 像 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 像, looks as follow:

像
Pinyin:xiang4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Resemble . To Be Like . To Look As If . Such As . Appearance . Image . Portrait . Image Under A Mapping (Math.)
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
象
Pinyin:xiang4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Elephant . Cl:隻|只[Zhi1] . Shape . Form . Appearance . To Imitate

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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