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象 means 'image' or 'elephant'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 485   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-2    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 37    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 33 words   Used in 261 words   Used in 174 names   Component in 6 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ショウ   ゾウ
Additional readings
Kun    かたどる elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
Name    きさ
Components
⿳  ⺈ (ク) corner  ⿻  口 mouth  丨 stick  豕 pig  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 象 is used 16 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 象 is used 249 times, read 3 ways.
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ショウ : 210 words FIND ALL
た い し ょ う 0
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
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ゾウ : 38 words FIND ALL
ぞ う 1
noun
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
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かたどる : 1 word FIND ALL
か た ど る 3
Most common form: 形取る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to pattern after; to imitate
2. to symbolise
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An additional 12 less common words include 象 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 540 (originally: 533)  Joy o' Kanji : 533  Key to Kanji: 544 

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象
ショウ   ゾウ    image; elephant   
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豕
pig
丨
stick   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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⺈
corner
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