像 Statue

Radical Combination

• ｲ

  Leader
• 象

  Elephant

Meaning

Primary

Statue

Alternative

Image

Mnemonic

The leader of the elephants was so great, they made a statue of him. This image of him looks down on all the other elephants at all times.

Hints

For now, just imagine the leader of the elephants being told they're getting a statue. Don't think about what the statue looks like, because that's next.

Readings

On’yomi

ぞう

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

When they unveil the statue of the leader elephant, everyone gasps. It's a statue of the leader, but they are a zombie (ぞう). Gasp!

Hints

But this is exactly what the leader of the elephants asked for. For you see, the leader of the elephants was a big fan of zombies. Imagine the elephant leader being so excited to have a zombie version of the statue.