Question

像 かた 映像(えいぞう): reflection; image; picture (e.g. on a television); shot; clip想像(そうぞう): imagination; guess仏像(ぶつぞう): statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image像(ぞう): statue; image; figure; picture; portrait現像(げんぞう): developing (film) 5 人: person象: elephant; pattern after; imitate; image; shape; sign (of the times) 人 2 (none) statue One of the most famous statues is of course the Statue of Liberty, which is known for the first thing a person sees when coming into New York. However, did you know that the first thing a person used to see (between the years of 1885 to 1896) was actually a huge elephant statue on Coney Island? It's true too... ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Island - search Coney Island Elephant).

Accepted Answer

ゾウ statue, picture, image, figure, portrait 2 856 14 9 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね 形声 Phonetic Statues of people are made the same size as statues of elephants.

Kanji	像
Onyomi	ゾウ
Nanori	かた
English	statue, picture, image, figure, portrait
Examples	映像(えいぞう): reflection; image; picture (e.g. on a television); shot; clip 想像(そうぞう): imagination; guess 仏像(ぶつぞう): statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image 像(ぞう): statue; image; figure; picture; portrait 現像(げんぞう): developing (film)
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	5
Frequency	856
Components	人: person 象: elephant; pattern after; imitate; image; shape; sign (of the times)
Number of Strokes	14
Kanji Radical	人
Radical Number	9
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	ひと・にんべん・ひとやね
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	statue
Koohii Story 1	Statues of people are made the same size as statues of elephants.
Koohii Story 2	One of the most famous statues is of course the Statue of Liberty, which is known for the first thing a person sees when coming into New York. However, did you know that the first thing a person used to see (between the years of 1885 to 1896) was actually a huge elephant statue on Coney Island? It's true too... ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney_Island - search Coney Island Elephant).

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