# 像

| 像 | U+50CF, &#20687; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-50CF |
| ← 僎 [U+50CE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 僐 → [U+50D0] |
| 像 | U+2F80B, &#194571; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F80B |
| ← 僧 [U+2F80A] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 㒞 → [U+2F80C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

像 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+11 in Chinese, 人+12 in Japanese, 13 strokes in Chinese, 14 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 人弓日人 (ONAO), four-corner 2723$_2$, composition ⿰亻象)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 116, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1084
* Dae Jaweon: page 247, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 213, character 3
* Unihan data for U+50CF
* Unihan data for U+2F80B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 像
* Warring States
* Chu slip and silk script
* Small seal scripts05896Transcribed ancient scriptsL35060L17399
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 潒 | *l'aːŋʔ, *ljaŋʔ |
| 像 | *ljaŋʔ |
| 象 | *ljaŋʔ |
| 橡 | *ljaŋʔ |
| 蟓 | *ljaŋʔ, *hljaŋs |
| 襐 | *ljaŋʔ |
| 勨 | *ljaŋʔ, *laŋʔ |
| 鱌 | *ljaŋʔ |
| 嶑 | *ljaŋʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ljaŋʔ): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 象 (OC *ljaŋʔ).

### Etymology

Traditionally thought to be the same word as Old Chinese 象 (*ljaŋʔ, “elephant”) (Han Feizi, Karlgren, 1957).
Schuessler (2007) posits that Old Chinese *z- and *s-l- / *s-j- might have merged in Zuo Zhuan and thinks Old Chinese 像 (*ljaŋʔ, “image”) possibly derives from Sino-Tibetan root *la, making it cognate with Tibetan ལད་མོ (lad mo, “imitation, to imitate, mimic”) & ལྷ (lha, “gods, image of a deity”) (however, see there for other etymology), Lepcha ᰗᰰ (klan, “similar”) & ᰗᰰᰜᰶ (klan-lă, “imitation”), Jingpho [script needed] (sum³¹-la³³, “picture, image”) & [script needed] (num³¹-la³³, “ghost”). Geilich (1994) adds Tibetan ལྡེམ (ldem, “statue, idol”) yet connects the Tibeto-Burman items to Old Chinese 似 (*ljɯʔ).
Doublet of 佯 (yáng, “to feign”) and 樣 / 样 (yàng, “appearance”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xiàng (xiang$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiang$^4$ / qiang$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zoeng$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): diang$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): qiong$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhiong / siong
    (Meixian, Guangdong): qiong$^4$ / xiong$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): xion$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): siōng
* Eastern Min (BUC): chiông
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhiūⁿ / chhiǔⁿ / chhiōⁿ / siōng / siǒng / siāng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siang$^6$ / ciên$^6$ / cion$^6$ / siên$^3$ / sion$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zhian
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sian$^4$ / sian$^5$ / cian$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siàng
*** Wade–Giles: hsiang$^4$
*** Yale: syàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianq
*** Palladius: сян (sjan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xiang$^4$ / qiang$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiang / kiang
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiaŋ²¹³/, /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²¹³/
* xiang4 - noun ("likeness");
* qiang4 - verb.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit像 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕiɑŋ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ɕiaŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ɕiɑŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ɕiaŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /siaŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /siaŋ³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ɕiɔ̃²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ɕiɑŋ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɕiɑ̃¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ɕiɑŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ɕiaŋ³⁵/ /t͡ɕʰiaŋ³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡ɕʰiaŋ¹³/ /ɕiaŋ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕʰiaŋ²¹³/ 不～他 /ɕiaŋ²¹³/ ～片 |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ɕiã̠²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /siaŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ɕiɑ̃⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕiɒ̃⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ɕyə³⁵/ 相像 |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ɕiɑ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ʑiã²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ziã³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /d͡ʑiɑŋ¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ji³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰia³⁵/ /t͡sʰia²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sʰiau²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /sian⁵⁵/ /sian¹¹/ /t͡sian¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /d͡zian²¹/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰioŋ⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /sioŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sœŋ²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sœŋ²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sœŋ²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /siɔŋ²²/ /t͡sʰiũ²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sʰuɔŋ²⁴²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /siɔŋ³³/ /siɔŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡sʰiõ³⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /siaŋ³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: zjangX
Rime :
| Character | 像 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 徐兩切 |
| Baxter | zjangX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /zɨɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ziɐŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ziɑŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /zɨaŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ziaŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /zĭaŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /zi̯aŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zoeng$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[d]aŋʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ljaŋʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 像 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiàng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zjang$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*s.[d]aŋʔ/ |
| English | image; resemble |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 像 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13663 |
| Phonetic component | 象 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 像 |
| Old Chinese | /*ljaŋʔ/ |

### Definitions

像
* picture; image; photograph; figure
* statue; figure; sculpture
* to resemble; to be like
* to take for example; for example; for instance; such as
    Synonym: 比如 (bǐrú)
* (mathematics) image (of a function)

#### Synonyms

* (photograph):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 照片, 相片 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 相片兒, 照片兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 相片 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 相片兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 照片, 相片兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 相片兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 照片, 相片兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 照片, 相片 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 照片兒, 相片兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 照片, 相片 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 照片兒, 相片兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 相片兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 相片兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 照片兒, 相片兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 相片, 照片 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 照片 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 相片兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 照片, 相片兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 照片兒, 相片兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 相片兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 相片兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 照片兒, 相片兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 相片, 照片, 相片兒, 照片兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 相片兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 照片, 相片兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 相片兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 相, 相片兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 相片兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 照片兒, 相片兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 相片兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 相片兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 照片兒, 相片兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 相片兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 相片兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 照片, 相片 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 相片兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 相片兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 相片兒, 照片兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 照片兒, 相片兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 相片 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 照片, 相片 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 照片, 相片 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 照片兒, 相片兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 照片, 相片兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 相片 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 照片, 相片 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 相片 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 照片, 相片 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 相片, 相片子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 照片兒, 相片兒, 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 照片, 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 照片, 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 照片, 相片兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 照片, 相片子, 相片, 相 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 照片, 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 照片, 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 照片, 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 照片, 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 照片, 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 照片, 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 照片, 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 照片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 照片, 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 相片 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 相片 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 相片 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 照片, 小照, 相片 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 照片, 相片 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 相片 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 照片, 相片 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 照片, 相片 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 照片, 相片 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 照片, 相片 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 照片, 相片, 相 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 相片, 相 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 相 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 相 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 相 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 相片, 相 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 相 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 相 |
| Cantonese | Rongxian | 相片 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 相片 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 相片 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 相片 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 相片 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 相片 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 相片 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 相片 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 相片 |
| Cantonese | Ipoh (Guangfu) | 相 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 相片, 相 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 相片 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 相片 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 相片 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 相片 |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 相片 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 相片, 相片子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 相片 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 相片 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 相片 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 相片 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 相片 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 相片 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 相片, 寫真 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 相片, 寫真 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 相片, 寫真 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 相片, 寫真, 寫真相 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 相片 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 照片, 相片 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 相片, 相片子, 照相片 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 照片兒, 相片兒 |
| Jin | Datong | 相片兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 相片子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 照片兒, 相片兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 照片兒, 相片兒 |
| Jin | Linhe | 照片, 相片 |
| Jin | Jining | 照片 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 相片兒 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 照片兒, 相片兒 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 相片兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 照片兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 照片, 相片 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 相片 |
| Jin | Suide | 相片兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 相, 相片 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 相, 相片 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 相片 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 像片, 相, 小影, 影 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 像片, 影 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 影 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 影相 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 像, 相片 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 相片 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 相片, 像 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 像 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 相 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 相片 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 相片 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 相 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 小影 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 像 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 像 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 相 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 相片, 相 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 小影, 相, 相片 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 相片 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 相 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 小影, 相片 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 像 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 相 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 相 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 相片 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 照相, 照片, 寫真 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 照, 照片 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 照相 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 相片子, 相片, 相 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 相片子, 相片 |
* (to be like):
* 不啻 (bùchì) (literary)
* 似 (ci$^5$) (Cantonese, Classical Chinese)
* 似乎 (sìhū)
* 似如 (si$^4$ y$^2$) (Xiang)
* 像係 / 像系 (Hakka)
* 像是 (xiàngshì)
* 儼如 / 俨如 (yǎnrú) (literary)
* 儼然 / 俨然 (yǎnrán)
* 儼若 / 俨若 (yǎnruò) (literary)
* 勝如 / 胜如 ($^5$sen-zy) (Wu)
* 好似 (hǎosì)
* 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
* 如同 (rútóng)
* 好比 (hǎobǐ)
* 宛 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
* 宛如 (wǎnrú) (literary)
* 宛然 (wǎnrán) (literary)
* 宛若 (wǎnruò) (literary)
* 就像 (jiùxiàng)
* 彷彿 / 仿佛 (fǎngfú)
* 忽如 (hūrú) (literary)
* 恍若 (huǎngruò)
* 敢若 (Hokkien)
* 敢若是 (Hokkien)
* 𣍐輸 / 𫧃输 (bē-su) (Hokkien)
* 有如 (yǒurú) (formal)
* 猶似 / 犹似 (yóusì) (literary)
* 猶像 / 犹像 (yóuxiàng) (literary)
* 猶如 / 犹如 (yóurú) (formal)
* 甲像 (Hokkien)
* 甲像是 (Hokkien)
* 甲親像 / 甲亲像 (Hokkien)
* 看上去 (kàn shàngqù)
* 看似 (kànsì)
* 看來 / 看来 (kànlái)
* 看樣子 / 看样子 (kànyàngzi)
* 看起來 / 看起来 (kànqilai)
* 若 (Classical Chinese, or compounds only)
* 若像 (Hokkien)
* 若親像 / 若亲像 (Hokkien)
* 表面上 (biǎomiànshang)
* 親像 / 亲像 (Hakka, Hokkien)
* 象 (xiàng)
* 貌似 (màosì)
* 賽可 / 赛可 (Ningbonese)
* 較像 / 较像 (Hokkien)
* 較像是 / 较像是 (Hokkien)
* 較親像 / 较亲像 (Hokkien)
* 顯得 / 显得 (xiǎnde)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 似 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 像 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 像 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 像 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 像 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 像 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 像 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 像 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 像 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 像 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 似 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 似 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 似 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 似 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 像 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 像 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 像 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 像 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 像 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 像 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 像 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 像 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 像 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 像 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 像 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 像 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 像 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 像 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 像 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 𫝛, macam |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 然 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 然 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 然, 肖 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 肖 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 然, macam |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 然, macam |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 像 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 像 |
| Wu | Danyang | 像 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 像, 像人家, 像家 |

### Compounds

* 不像
* 不像人樣 / 不像人样
* 不像意
* 不像樣 / 不像样 (bùxiàngyàng)
* 不像話 / 不像话 (bùxiànghuà)
* 亮像
* 人像 (rénxiàng)
* 佛像 (fóxiàng)
* 倒像
* 倒立像
* 假人像
* 偶像 (ǒuxiàng)
* 像心
* 像意
* 像態 / 像态
* 像是 (xiàngshì)
* 像樣 / 像样 (xiàngyàng)
* 像模像樣 / 像模像样
* 像片
* 像片簿
* 像生
* 像生兒 / 像生儿
* 像生花
* 像素 (xiàngsù)
* 像胎
* 像話 / 像话 (xiànghuà)
* 像貌 (xiàngmào)
* 像贊 / 像赞
* 像銀 / 像银
* 像章
* 兒女像 / 儿女像
* 動態影像 / 动态影像
* 動畫影像 / 动画影像
* 半身像 (bànshēnxiàng)
* 印像紙 / 印像纸
* 原像 (yuánxiàng)
* 可想像
* 哪像
* 四不像 (sìbùxiàng)
* 圖像 / 图像 (túxiàng)
* 坐像 (zuòxiàng)
* 塑像 (sùxiàng)
* 外像
* 好像 (hǎoxiàng)
* 富於想像 / 富于想像
* 實像 / 实像 (shíxiàng)
* 尊像
* 少像
* 形像 (xíngxiàng)
* 影像 (yǐngxiàng)
* 影像合成
* 影像處理 / 影像处理
* 後像 / 后像
* 想像 (xiǎngxiàng)
* 想像力 (xiǎngxiànglì)
* 成像 (chéngxiàng)
* 捉取圖像 / 捉取图像
* 攝像 / 摄像 (shèxiàng)
* 攝像機 / 摄像机 (shèxiàngjī)
* 改變形像 / 改变形像
* 數位影像 / 数位影像
* 數位照像 / 数位照像
* 映像 (yìngxiàng)
* 映像管 (yìngxiàngguǎn)
* 標準像 / 标准像 (biāozhǔnxiàng)
* 正像 (zhèngxiàng)
* 正後像 / 正后像
* 毛塑像
* 水月鏡像 / 水月镜像
* 法像
* 活像 (huóxiàng)
* 浴像
* 照像
* 物像 (wùxiàng)
* 獅身人面像 / 狮身人面像 (Shīshēnrénmiànxiàng)
* 生像 (shēngxiàng)
* 異像 / 异像
* 畫像 / 画像 (huàxiàng)
* 畫像石 / 画像石 (huàxiàngshí)
* 畫像磚 / 画像砖
* 相像 (xiāngxiàng)
* 石像 (shíxiàng)
* 石膏像
* 磁共振成像
* 神像 (shénxiàng)
* 立像 (lìxiàng)
* 立體影像 / 立体影像
* 繡像 / 绣像
* 繪像 / 绘像
* 美國偶像 / 美国偶像
* 群像 (qúnxiàng)
* 耍像兒 / 耍像儿
* 聖像 / 圣像 (shèngxiàng)
* 聖母像 / 圣母像
* 肖像 (xiàoxiàng)
* 胸像 (xiōngxiàng)
* 自由女神像 (Zìyóunǚshénxiàng)
* 自由神像 (Zìyóushénxiàng)
* 自畫像 / 自画像
* 芻像 / 刍像
* 虛像 / 虚像 (xūxiàng)
* 蠟像 / 蜡像 (làxiàng)
* 蠟像館 / 蜡像馆 (làxiàngguǎn)
* 衛星圖像 / 卫星图像
* 裸像 (luǒxiàng)
* 解像力
* 負像 / 负像
* 負後像 / 负后像
* 造像
* 造像記 / 造像记
* 遙測影像 / 遥测影像
* 遺像 / 遗像 (yíxiàng)
* 金像獎 / 金像奖 (jīnxiàngjiǎng)
* 銅像 / 铜像 (tóngxiàng)
* 錄像 / 录像 (lùxiàng)
* 錄像帶 / 录像带 (lùxiàngdài)
* 錄像機 / 录像机 (lùxiàngjī)
* 錄像片 / 录像片
* 鏡像 / 镜像 (jìngxiàng)
* 鐵像 / 铁像
* 雕像 (diāoxiàng)
* 難以想像 / 难以想像
* 電視影像 / 电视影像
* 音像 (yīnxiàng)
* 音像製品 / 音像制品
* 頭像 / 头像 (tóuxiàng)
* 顯像 / 显像
* 顯像液 / 显像液
* 顯像管 / 显像管 (xiǎnxiàngguǎn)
* 龍門造像 / 龙门造像

### References

* “像”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* ↑ 李榮 (1998) 成都方言詞典（現代漢語方言大詞典·分卷）, 江蘇教育出版社, →ISBN

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 像 |
| Kyūjitai | 像󠄃 像+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぞう (zō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)
* Kun: かた (kata, 像)、かたち (katachi, 像)、かたどる (katadoru, 像る)、にる (niru, 像る)
* Nanori: かた (kata)、すえ (sue)、のり (nori)、み (mi)

#### Compounds

* 映像(えいぞう) (eizō)
* 画像(がぞう) (gazō)
* 解像度(かいぞうど) (kaizōdo)
* 鏡像(きょうぞう) (kyōzō)
* 偶像(ぐうぞう) (gūzō)
* 現像(げんぞう) (genzō)
* 原像(げんぞう) (genzō)
* 写像(しゃぞう) (shazō)
* 肖像(しょうぞう) (shōzō)
* 心像(しんぞう) (shinzō)
* 神像(しんぞう) (shinzō)
* 聖像(せいぞう) (seizō)
* 塑像(そぞう) (sozō)
* 対像(たいぞう) (taizō)
* 彫像(ちょうぞう) (chōzō)
* 銅像(どうぞう) (dōzō)
* 仏像(ぶつぞう) (butsuzō)
* 木像(もくぞう) (mokuzō)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぞー [zóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [d͡zo̞ː]

### Noun

像(ぞう) • (zō)
* a form of a thing, including god; a figure; a statue; an idol
* an image, a vision
    社(しゃ)会(かい)像(ぞう)
       shakaizō
       a vision of the society

### References

* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 199 (paper), page 149 (digital)
* ↑ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [sʰa̠ŋ]
* Phonetic hangul: [상]

### Hanja

Wikisource 像 (eumhun 형상 상 (hyeongsang sang))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Compounds

* 彫像 (조상, josang)

## Vietnamese

* chữ Hán Nôm in this term
* 像

### Han character

像: Hán Việt readings: tượng, tương
像: Nôm readings: tượng
* chữ Hán form of tương (“to resemble; to be like”).
* chữ Hán form of tượng (“a figure; a statue; an idol; an image”).

### References

* 1 2 3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).