JLPT N2 · 14 strokes
Kanji 像: "statue, picture, image"
The kanji 像 means "statue, picture, image, figure, portrait". It is written with 14 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read ゾウ in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゾウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | statue, picture, image, figure, portrait |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 14 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 5 |
| Frequency rank | 856 of 2,501 |
Common words with 像
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 想像imagination; supposition; guess
- 映像image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV) · video; film; footage
- 像image; figure; statue; picture · figure; form; shape; appearance
- 画像image; picture; portrait
- 想像がつくto be imaginable; to be conceivable
- 想像力(power of) imagination
- 石像stone statue
- 肖像画portrait
- 彫像(carved) statue; sculpture
- 残像afterimage; after image
- 想像を絶するbeyond imagination; unimaginable
- 銅像bronze statue
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