(xiàng) - elephant; shape, appearance, image in Mandarin
xiàngTraditional: 象
Translation
elephant; shape, appearance, image
Word origin
A pictograph originally drawing the long trunk and body of an elephant, later also used for shape or appearance.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- 象 (a drawing of an elephant)
Stroke order
象
Examples
陆。
The elephant is the largest animal on land.
。
The children saw an elephant at the zoo.
云。
The clouds in the sky take all sorts of shapes.
深。
This matter left a deep impression on me.
。
An elephant's trunk is long and flexible.
象 (xiàng) primarily means an elephant, and by extension shape, appearance, or image, as seen in compounds like 印象 (impression) and 形象 (image). The animal sense is often written 大象 in everyday speech.
Where this fits
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 象.
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