Memory phrase for the character: 像

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

亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several variation, i.e. a lying person , a sitting 匕 person.
象 elefantA trunk , two big ears and the rest like a pig 豕
豕 pigThe zodiac boar is 亥
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 Vocabulary

好像 hǎo xiàng  as if; to seem like
肖像 xiào xiàng  portrait
肖像 xiào xiàng  

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