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肖 means 'resemble'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 2115   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-40    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 6 words   Used in 8 words   Used in 23 names   Component in 33 kanji (4 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ショウ
Additional readings
Kun    あやかる resemblance
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Learn to talk about painted portraits, as well as abstract ones (e.g., a portrait of age 17). Find out how the idea of being inferior to one's parents spawned a word with many meanings, including a humble first-person pronoun. See how luck is considered contagious, and learn how a verb expressing this can also mean 'to follow someone's example' and 'to be named after.'
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⿱  ⺌ (小) small  ⺝ (月) month; moon  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 肖 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 肖 is used 8 times, read 2 ways.
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ショウ : 6 words FIND ALL
し ょ う ぞ う 0
portrait
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あやかる : 2 words FIND ALL
あ や か る 3
Most common form: あやかる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to share good luck; to follow (someone's) example  (often written with kana only)
2. to be named after  (often written with kana only)
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Additional data
Henshall: 1391  Joy o' Kanji : 1391  Key to Kanji: - 

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肖
ショウ    resemble   
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⺌
small
⺝
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
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