# 象 — Elephant

Frequency rank 384 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 優 (Superior), less common than 史 (History).

- On’yomi: しょう、ぞう
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 豕 Pig (Kangxi 152)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX
- School grade: 5
- Strokes: 11

The character 象 (elephant) shows a large figure with a long trunk and thick legs — the unmistakable silhouette of an elephant with its trunk curving downward.

In words:

- 象 ぞう — elephant
- 象徴 しょうちょう — symbol
- 対象 たいしょう — target,object (of worship, study, etc),subject (of taxation, etc)

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