# 像 statue / image

(personleft) + 象 (elephant / phenomenon)
★★★★☆
14 strokes
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## Onyomi

ZOU |

## Mnemonic

| ZORRO stood next to the statue of the elephant man!

## Kunyomi

ぞう | a statue (BOOBOO: in practice, it’s much more common to use オブジェ, from the French word 'objet') LAZY ☆☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

想像(そうぞう) する | imagine ★★★☆☆ 想 (idea/imagination) + 像 (statue / image) = 想像 (imagine) imagine. (imaginative： そうぞうてきな)
画像(がぞう) | still image ★★☆☆☆ 画 (a drawing) + 像 (statue / image) = 画像 (still image) image - usually it refers to an image on the computer screen which does NOT move (JPGs, basically).
映像(えいぞう) | image ★☆☆☆☆ 映 (project, reflect) + 像 (statue / image) = 映像 (image) any reflected, moving image - including images on TV or a computer screen, a shadow play, etc.

## Synonyms

image, picture 映像 画像 絵 像
speaking hypothetically 例える 想像 仮に