Onyomi: ショウ, ゾウ · Kunyomi: かたど.る · Meanings: elephant, image, imitate, pattern after, shape, sign (of the times)
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 象 | ぞう | elephant (Elephantidae spp.) | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 象 | しょう | form, shape, figure, appearance, phenomenon | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 将棋 | しょうぎ | shogi, Japanese chess | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 象徴 | しょうちょう | symbol (of something abstract), emblem, (symbolic) representation | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 象牙 | ぞうげ | ivory | common Noun |
| 象る | かたどる | to model (something) on, to be modelled on, to be made in the shape of, to take the shape of, to imitate | Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 象嵌 | ぞうがん | inlay, inlaying, damascening | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 象徴的 | しょうちょうてき | symbolic, symbolical | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 象亀 | ぞうがめ | giant tortoise | Noun |
| 象徴主義 | しょうちょうしゅぎ | symbolism (19th-century artistic movement) | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
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