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象 - xiàng

elephant; ivory; figure, image

elephant; ivory; figure, image

How to read 象

Click 象 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinxiàng
Englishelephant; ivory; figure, image
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

象山 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 象州. Please read 象形 one more time.

Common words with this character

see 象山區|象山区[Xiang4 shan1 Qu1]; see 象山縣|象山县[Xiang4 shan1 Xian4]
see 象州縣|象州县[Xiang4 zhou1 Xian4]
pictogram; one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters; Chinese character derived from a picture
symbol; emblem; to symbolize; to signify; to represent

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 象 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 象山 and 象州 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 象.