# 像 — Image

Frequency rank 485 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 熱 (Heat), less common than 型 (Model).

- On’yomi: ぞう
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 人 Person (Kangxi 9)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

A leader (leader) stands on the left and an elephant (elephant) follows on the right — the leader walks beside the elephant, and together they cast a massive shadow — an image, a likeness projected on the wall.

In words:

- 像 ぞう — statue;image;figure;picture;portrait
- 想像 そうぞう — imagination,guess
- 現像 げんぞう — developing (film)

[Study 像](https://app.kanjidrift.com/study?kanji=%E5%83%8F)

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