像

xiàng

to resemble

to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)

person (亻) + elephant (象) = to resemble

象 gives the sound xiàng; the person radical grounds the meaning in human likeness — a portrait, a resemblance, an image of someone.

亻+象→像
亻PersonSemantic
象ElephantPhonetic

她长得很像她妈妈。

tā zhǎng de hěn xiàng tā māma。

She looks very much like her mother.

天空中那朵云像一只小狗。

tiānkōng zhōng nà duǒ yún xiàng yī zhī xiǎo gǒu。

That cloud in the sky looks like a little dog.

Words with 像

神像

shén xiàng

likeness of a god or Buddha

像样

xiàng yàng

presentable

像片

xiàng piàn

photo

录像带

lù xiàng dài

videotape; video cassette

倒像

dào xiàng

(optics) inverted image

立像

lì xiàng

standing image (of a Buddha or saint)

镜像

jìng xiàng

mirror image

图像

tú xiàng

image; picture; graphic

蜡像

là xiàng

waxwork; wax figure

遗像

yí xiàng

portrait of the deceased

铜像

tóng xiàng

bronze statue

录像

lù xiàng

to videotape

More characters with 亻

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