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Kanji: 象
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KANJI

象

12 strokes

READINGS

KUN 訓

かたどる

ON 音	ショウ
	ゾウ

STROKE ORDER

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N2 (upper intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 6 (completion of 5th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 4th grade in Japan
Radical:	豕 Radical name: いのこ
Meaning:	Elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 400 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N3	印象(いんしょう)	impression
N3	現象(げんしょう)	phenomenon
N3	象(ぞう)	elephant
N3	対象(たいしょう)	target, object (of worship, study, etc), subject (of taxation, etc)
N2	抽象(ちゅうしょう)	abstract
N1	気象(きしょう)	weather, climate
N1	象(しょう)	phenomenon
N1	象徴(しょうちょう)	symbol

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