Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 像
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像 |
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Meaning |
to resemble, to appear, to seem, image, portrait |
Pronunciation |
xiàng |
Explanation |
Left: person 亻, right: elephant 象 (A trunk ⺈ and two big ears 罒 make a pig 豕 appear like an elephant.) |
Mnemonic
| A person resembling an elephant is an appearance. |
Radicals
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亻
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person | (This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several varation, i.e. a lying person  , a sitting 匕 person.) |
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象
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elefant | (A trunk  , two big ears and the rest like a pig 豕) |
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豕
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pig | (The zodiac boar is 亥) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 好像 |
hǎo xiàng |
as if; to seem like | | 肖像 |
xiào xiàng |
portrait |
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