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象 かたど.る elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times) 2 394 12 152 いのこ・いのこへん・ぶた 象形 Pictographic An elephant has huge ears, like a rabbit, and a big, fat body, like a sow.

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ショウ、ゾウ きさ 対象(たいしょう): target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)印象(いんしょう): impression現象(げんしょう): phenomenon気象(きしょう): (1) weather; climate (2) disposition; temperament象徴(しょうちょう): symbol抽象(ちゅうしょう): abstract象(ぞう): elephant 4 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20)豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152) 豕 7 (none) elephant An animal with huge ears like a rabbit, and a body fat like a pig... ¡An ELEPHANT! For the "phenomenon" connotation you could use Dumbo, or Joseph Merrick (the "elephant man")

Kanji	象
Onyomi	ショウ、ゾウ
Kunyomi	かたど.る
Nanori	きさ
English	elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
Examples	対象(たいしょう): target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.) 印象(いんしょう): impression 現象(げんしょう): phenomenon 気象(きしょう): (1) weather; climate (2) disposition; temperament 象徴(しょうちょう): symbol 抽象(ちゅうしょう): abstract 象(ぞう): elephant
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	394
Components	勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20) 豕: pig; hog; pig radical (no. 152)
Number of Strokes	12
Kanji Radical	豕
Radical Number	152
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	いのこ・いのこへん・ぶた
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	elephant
Koohii Story 1	An elephant has huge ears, like a rabbit, and a big, fat body, like a sow.
Koohii Story 2	An animal with huge ears like a rabbit, and a body fat like a pig... ¡An ELEPHANT! For the "phenomenon" connotation you could use Dumbo, or Joseph Merrick (the "elephant man")

Elephant Wrapping Radical Huge Rabbit Fat 象 ショウ、ゾウ

Elephant Wrapping Radical Huge Rabbit Fat 象ショウ、ゾウ