像

音読おんよみ: ゾウ

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 14 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 亻(にんべん)

Meaning

Figure / Statue / Image

  • 仏像ぶつぞう — Buddha statue
  • 銅像どうぞう — bronze statue
  • 肖像しょうぞう — portrait
  • 映像えいぞう — video image / projection
  • 想像そうぞう — imagination
  • 現像げんぞう — photo development
  • 心像しんぞう — mental image

像 is a 形声 (keisei) character, combining 人 (person) for meaning and 象 (ショウ / ゾウ) for sound. It conveys “the likeness of a person,” leading to meanings such as figure, statue, and image.

仏像ぶつぞうてら安置あんちされています。
A Buddha statue is enshrined at the temple.

かれ自分じぶん理想像りそうぞうもとめている。
He is pursuing his ideal self-image.

仏
Creates
仏像ぶつぞう — Buddha statue
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