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Kanji Grade 4 - 象

Kanji character Grade 4 象. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 4 - 象
About
elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
Kun: かたど.る
On: ショウ、 ゾウ
12 strokes
Radical: pig 豕
Parts: 一 勹 口 豕
 
Onyomi
象 【ショウ】 form, shape, figure, appearance, phenomenon
具象 【グショウ】 embodying, expressing concretely
抽象 【チュウショウ】 abstract
象 【ゾウ】 elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
象牙 【ゾウゲ】 ivory
アジア象 【アジアゾウ】 Asian elephant, Indian elephant
海象 【セイウチ】 walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), elephant seal (Mirounga spp.)
 
Kunyomi
象る 【かたどる】 to model on, to make in the shape of, to represent, to pattern after, to imitate, to symbolise