Kanji1 / 12
象 kanji
elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
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On readings
ショウゾウ
Kun readings
かたどる
Words with 象
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —抽象絵画abstract painting; abstract art
- —形象文字hieroglyph
- —天文現象astronomical phenomenon; celestial event
- —怪奇現象unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting
- —気象学者meteorologist; climatologist; aerologist
- —サイ現象psi phenomena
- —異常現象abnormal phenomenon; anomaly
- —生理現象physiological phenomenon; physiological response
- —象徴天皇the emperor as a symbol of Japan; symbolic emperor
- —季節現象seasonal (weather) phenomenon
- —退行現象regression to an earlier stage (e.g. infantile)
- —気象警報weather warning
- —印象操作media manipulation
- —惑星現象celestial event
- —気象災害weather disaster; weather-related natural disaster
- —対象年齢relevant age group; target age; age group concerned
- —気象業務weather service; meteorological service
- —蛙化現象frogification phenomenon; developing an aversion to someone one had feelings for once that person reciprocates those feelings; disillusionment upon noticing negative qualities in a romantic partner
- —攻撃対象target of attack
- —性の対象sex object