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象

elephant
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingショウ、ゾウ
Kun readingかたど.る
JōyōGrade 5
  1. form
  2. shape
  3. figure
  4. appearance
  5. phenomenon

Popular Usage

印象現象気象

Radicals and components

Radical豕pig

Mnemonic (RtK)

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colour · color · bound up (乙) · sow · pig

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2130

Compound words

印象いんしょう
impression
現象げんしょう
phenomenon
気象きしょう
weather (conditions); disposition; temperament
具象ぐしょう
concreteness; embodiment; expressing concretely
事象じしょう
event; phenomenon; matter
象牙ぞうげ
ivory
象徴しょうちょう
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
対象たいしょう
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
抽象ちゅうしょう
abstraction
印象的いんしょうてき
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
気象学きしょうがく
meteorology
気象台きしょうだい
meteorological observatory
気象庁きしょうちょう
(Japanese) Meteorological Agency; JMA
抽象的ちゅうしょうてき
abstract
象徴的しょうちょうてき
symbolic; symbolical
印象付けるいんしょうづける
to impress (someone)
管区気象台かんくきしょうだい
district meteorological observatory
気象予報士きしょうよほうし
weather forecaster

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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