The kanji 象: meaning, readings and stroke order

象

Meaning: elephant, shape
On reading: ショウ shou、ゾウ zou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 12
Radical: 豕 pig
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: con voi, hình tượng (tượng)
Japanese: どうぶつのぞう。めにみえるかたち。
Korean: 코끼리, 모양 (상)
Chinese: 大象、现象

Readings, words and example sentences

ショウ shou · on reading

対たい象しょう
target, intended audience
六年生を 対たい象しょうにした本です。
This book is for sixth graders.

ゾウ zou · on reading

象ぞう
elephant
動物園で 象ぞうを見ました。
I saw an elephant at the zoo.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.