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像

See also: 象
像 U+50CF, 像
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50CF
← 僎
[U+50CE] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 僐 →
[U+50D0]

像 U+2F80B, 像
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F80B
← 僧
[U+2F80A] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 㒞 →
[U+2F80C]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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像 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+11 in Chinese, 人+12 in Japanese, 13 strokes in Chinese, 14 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人弓日人 (ONAO), four-corner 27232, composition ⿰亻象)

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 116, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1084
  • Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 213, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+50CF

Chinese

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trad. 像
simp. # 像
2nd round simp. 𰁼

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 像
Warring States
Chu slip and silk script
 
 
s05896
Transcribed ancient scripts
 
L35060
 
L17399
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (象) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
潒 *l'aːŋʔ, *ljaŋʔ
像 *ljaŋʔ
象 *ljaŋʔ
橡 *ljaŋʔ
蟓 *ljaŋʔ, *hljaŋs
襐 *ljaŋʔ
勨 *ljaŋʔ, *laŋʔ
鱌 *ljaŋʔ
嶑 *ljaŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljaŋʔ) : semantic 亻 (“man”) + phonetic 象 (OC *ljaŋʔ, “elephant; image”).

Etymology

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Traditionally thought to be the same word as Old Chinese 象 (*ljaŋʔ, “elephant”) (Han Feizi[1], Karlgren, 1957).

Schuessler (2007) posits that Old Chinese *z- and *s-l- / *s-j- might have merged in Zuo Zhuan and thinks Old Chinese 像 (*ljaŋʔ, “image”) possibly derives from Sino-Tibetan root *la, making it cognate with Tibetan ལད་མོ (lad mo, “imitation, to imitate, mimic”) & ལྷ (lha, “gods, image of a deity”) (however, see there for other etymology), Lepcha ᰗᰰ (klan, “similar”) & ᰗᰰᰜᰶ (klan-lă, “imitation”), Jingpho [script needed] (sum³¹-la³³, “picture, image”) & [script needed] (num³¹-la³³, “ghost”). Geilich (1994) adds Tibetan ལྡེམ (ldem, “statue, idol”) yet connects the Tibeto-Burman items to Old Chinese 似 (*ljɯʔ).

Doublet of 佯 (yáng, “to feign”) and 樣／样 (yàng, “appearance”).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • xiang4 - noun ("likeness");
  • qiang4 - verb[2].
Note:
  • qiong - vernacular;
  • xiong - literary.
Note:
  • chhiūⁿ/chhiǔⁿ/chhiōⁿ - vernacular;
  • siōng/siǒng/siāng - literary.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: siang6 / ciên6 / cion6 / siên3 / sion3
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siăng / tshiĕⁿ / tshiŏⁿ / sièⁿ / siòⁿ
      • Sinological IPA (key): /siaŋ³⁵/, /t͡sʰĩẽ³⁵/, /t͡sʰĩõ³⁵/, /sĩẽ²¹³/, /sĩõ²¹³/
Note:
  • siang6 - literary;
  • ciên6/cion6/siên3/sion3 - vernacular (ciên6/siên3 - Chaozhou).
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 像
Mandarin Beijing /ɕiɑŋ⁵¹/
Harbin /ɕiaŋ⁵³/
Tianjin /ɕiɑŋ⁵³/
Jinan /ɕiaŋ²¹/
Qingdao /siaŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /siaŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴/
Xining /ɕiɔ̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /ɕiɑŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /ɕiɑ̃¹³/
Ürümqi /ɕiɑŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /ɕiaŋ³⁵/
/t͡ɕʰiaŋ³⁵/
Chengdu /t͡ɕʰiaŋ¹³/
/ɕiaŋ¹³/
Guiyang /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²¹³/ 不～他
/ɕiaŋ²¹³/ ～片
Kunming /ɕiã̠²¹²/
Nanjing /siaŋ⁴⁴/
Hefei /ɕiɑ̃⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕiɒ̃⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ɕyə³⁵/ 相像
Hohhot /ɕiɑ̃⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ʑiã²³/
Suzhou /ziã³¹/
Hangzhou /d͡ʑiɑŋ¹³/
Wenzhou /ji³⁵/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʰia³⁵/
/t͡sʰia²²/
Tunxi /t͡sʰiau²⁴/
Xiang Changsha /sian⁵⁵/
/sian¹¹/
/t͡sian¹¹/
Xiangtan /d͡zian²¹/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ²¹/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰioŋ⁵³/
Taoyuan /sioŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sœŋ²²/
Nanning /t͡sœŋ²²/
Hong Kong /t͡sœŋ²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /siɔŋ²²/
/t͡sʰiũ²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡sʰuɔŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /siɔŋ³³/
/siɔŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sʰiõ³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /siaŋ³⁵/
Rime
Character 像
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 徐兩切
Baxter zjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/zɨɐŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ziɐŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ziɑŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/zɨaŋX/
Li
Rong 		/ziaŋX/
Wang
Li 		/zĭaŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/zi̯aŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zoeng6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 像
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xiàng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ zjangX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s.[d]aŋʔ/
English image; resemble

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 像
Reading # 1/1
No. 13663
Phonetic
component 		象
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		像
Old
Chinese 		/*ljaŋʔ/

Definitions

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像

  1. picture; image; photograph; figure
  2. statue; figure; sculpture
  3. to resemble; to be like
  4. to take for example; for example; for instance; such as
    Synonym: 比如 (bǐrú)
  5. (mathematics) image (of a function)

Synonyms

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  • (photograph):
Dialectal synonyms of 照片 (“photograph”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 照片, 相片
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 相片兒, 照片兒
Taiwan 相片
Chengde 相片兒
Chifeng 照片, 相片兒
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 相片兒
Heihe 照片, 相片兒
Qiqihar 照片, 相片
Harbin 照片兒, 相片兒
Jiamusi 照片, 相片
Baicheng 照片兒, 相片兒
Changchun 相片兒
Tonghua 相片兒
Shenyang 照片兒, 相片兒
Jinzhou 相片, 照片
Singapore 照片
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 相片兒
Tangshan 照片, 相片兒
Cangzhou 照片兒, 相片兒
Baoding 相片兒
Shijiazhuang 相片兒
Lijin 照片兒, 相片兒
Jinan 相片, 照片, 相片兒, 照片兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 相片兒
Dandong 照片, 相片兒
Yantai 相片兒
Qingdao 相片兒
Zhucheng 照片兒, 相片兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 相片兒
Lingbao 相片兒
Jining 照片兒, 相片兒
Wanrong 相片兒
Linfen 相片兒
Yuanyang 照片, 相片
Zhengzhou 相片兒
Xinyang 相片兒
Baihe 相片兒, 照片兒
Xi'an 照片兒, 相片兒
Baoji 相片
Tianshui 照片, 相片
Xining 照片, 相片
Xuzhou 照片兒, 相片兒
Fuyang 照片, 相片兒
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 相片
Lanzhou 照片, 相片
Dunhuang 相片
Hami 照片, 相片
Ürümqi 相片, 相片子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 照片兒, 相片兒, 相片
Nanchong 照片, 相片
Dazhou 相片
Hanyuan 相片
Xichang 照片, 相片
Zigong 照片, 相片兒
Chongqing 相片
Wuhan 照片, 相片子, 相片, 相
Yichang 照片, 相片
Xiangyang 照片, 相片
Tianmen 照片, 相片
Guiyang 相片
Zunyi 相片
Bijie 相片
Liping 相片
Zhaotong 相片
Dali 照片, 相片
Kunming 照片, 相片
Mengzi 相片
Guilin 相片
Liuzhou 照片, 相片
Jishou 照片, 相片
Changde 照片
Hanzhong 照片, 相片
Dagudi (Maliba) 相片
Reshuitang (Longling) 相片
Mae Salong (Lancang) 相片
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 相片
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 相片
Yangzhou 照片, 小照, 相片
Lianyungang 照片, 相片
Lianshui 相片
Nantong 照片, 相片
Anqing 照片, 相片
Wuhu 照片, 相片
Hefei 照片, 相片
Hong'an 照片, 相片, 相
Cantonese Guangzhou 相片, 相
Hong Kong 相
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 相
Taishan 相
Taishan (Guanghai) 相片, 相
Kaiping (Chikan) 相
Yangjiang 相
Rongxian 相片
Hepu (Lianzhou) 相片
Hepu (Shatian) 相片
Beihai 相片
Beihai (Nankang) 相片
Beihai (Yingpan) 相片
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 相片
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 相片
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 相片
Ipoh (Guangfu) 相
Singapore (Guangfu) 相片, 相
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 相片
Móng Cái 相片
Mandalay (Taishan) 相片
Bangkok (Guangfu) 相片
Betong (Rongxian) 相片
Gan Nanchang 相片, 相片子
Hakka Meixian 相片
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 相片
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 相片
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 相片
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 相片
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 相片
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 相片, 寫真
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 相片, 寫真
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 相片, 寫真
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 相片, 寫真, 寫真相
Hong Kong 相片
Huizhou Shexian 照片, 相片
Jin Taiyuan 相片, 相片子, 照相片
Yangyuan 照片兒, 相片兒
Datong 相片兒
Xinzhou 相片子
Lüliang (Lishi) 照片兒, 相片兒
Changzhi 照片兒, 相片兒
Linhe 照片, 相片
Jining 照片
Hohhot 相片兒
Erenhot 照片兒, 相片兒
Pingshan 相片兒
Zhangjiakou 照片兒
Handan 照片, 相片
Linzhou 相片
Suide 相片兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 相, 相片
Eastern Min Fuzhou 相, 相片
Matsu 相片
Southern Min Xiamen 像片, 相, 小影, 影
Quanzhou 像片, 影
Zhangzhou 影
Zhao'an 影相
New Taipei (Tamsui) 像, 相片
New Taipei (Pingxi) 相片
Kaohsiung 相片, 像
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 像
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 相
Yilan (Toucheng) 相片
Tainan (Anping) 相片
Penghu (Xiyu) 相
Penang (Hokkien) 小影
Singapore (Hokkien) 像
Manila (Hokkien) 像
Chaozhou 相
Shantou 相片, 相
Jieyang 小影, 相, 相片
Bangkok (Teochew) 相片
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 相
Hat Yai (Teochew) 小影, 相片
Singapore (Teochew) 像
Pontianak (Teochew) 相
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 相
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 相片
Wu Shanghai 照相, 照片, 寫真
Suzhou 照, 照片
Wenzhou 照相
Xiang Changsha 相片子, 相片, 相
Shuangfeng 相片子, 相片
  • (to be like):
Dialectal synonyms of 像 (“to be like; to be similar to; to resemble”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 似
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 像
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 像
Malaysia 像
Singapore 像
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 像
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 像
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 像
Wuhan 像
Guilin 像
Cantonese Guangzhou 似
Hong Kong 似
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 似
Singapore (Guangfu) 似
Gan Nanchang 像
Lichuan 像
Jin Taiyuan 像
Eastern Min Fuzhou 像
Southern Min Xiamen 像
Taipei 像
New Taipei (Sanxia) 像
Kaohsiung 像
Yilan 像
Changhua (Lukang) 像
Taichung 像
Tainan 像
Hsinchu 像
Kinmen 像
Penghu (Magong) 像
Singapore (Hokkien) 𫝛, macam
Chaozhou 然
Shantou 然
Jieyang 然
Puning 肖
Singapore (Teochew) 然, macam
Batam (Teochew) 然, macam
Haikou 像
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 像
Wu Danyang 像
Ningbo 像, 像人家, 像家

Compounds

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References

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  1. ^ 李榮 (1998) 成都方言詞典（現代漢語方言大詞典·分卷）, 江蘇教育出版社, →ISBN
  2. ^ 李榮 (1998) 成都方言詞典（現代漢語方言大詞典·分卷）, 江蘇教育出版社, →ISBN

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Shinjitai 像
Kyūjitai
[1]
像󠄃
像+&#xE0103;?
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Kanji

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像

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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像(ぞう) • (zō) ←ざう (zau)?

  1. a form of a thing, including god; a figure; a statue; an idol
  2. an image, a vision
    社(しゃ)会(かい)像(ぞう)
    shakaizō
    a vision of the society

References

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  1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 199 (paper), page 149 (digital)
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

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像 (eumhun 형상 상 (hyeongsang sang))

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Compounds

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Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term
像

Han character

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像: Hán Việt readings: tượng[1], tương[1]
像: Nôm readings: tượng[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of tương (“to resemble; to be like”).
  2. chữ Hán form of tượng (“a figure; a statue; an idol; an image”).

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
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