xiàng

to resemble

to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)

person (亻) + elephant (象) = to resemble

象 gives the sound xiàng; the person radical grounds the meaning in human likeness — a portrait, a resemblance, an image of someone.

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PersonSemantic
ElephantPhonetic

她长得很她妈妈。

tā zhǎng de hěn xiàng tā māma。

She looks very much like her mother.

天空中那朵云一只小狗。

tiānkōng zhōng nà duǒ yún xiàng yī zhī xiǎo gǒu。

That cloud in the sky looks like a little dog.

Words with 像

图像

tú xiàng

image; picture; graphic

蜡像

là xiàng

waxwork; wax figure

遗像

yí xiàng

portrait of the deceased

铜像

tóng xiàng

bronze statue

录像

lù xiàng

to videotape

录像带

lù xiàng dài

videotape; video cassette

录像机

lù xiàng jī

video recorder

镜像

jìng xiàng

mirror image

镜像站点

jìng xiàng zhàn diǎn

(computing) mirror site

头像

tóu xiàng

portrait; bust

裸像

luǒ xiàng

nude (painting, sculpture etc)

雕像

diāo xiàng

sculpture

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