象
xiàng HSK3

elephant

象 xiàng
appearance noun
shape, form, appearance, or an observable phenomenon

这种不寻常的异象引起了专家的注意。

zhè zhǒng bù xún​cháng de yì xiàng yǐn​qǐ le zhuān​jiā de zhù​yì.

This unusual phenomenon caught the attention of experts.

elephant noun
a large herbivorous mammal with a trunk and tusks

那头年老的母象在林间缓慢行走。

nà tóu nián​lǎo de mǔ xiàng zài lín jiān huǎn​màn xíng​zǒu.

The old female elephant walked slowly through the forest.

elephant (xiangqi) noun
a piece in Chinese chess (Xiangqi), also known as 'bishop' in some translations, which moves diagonally across the river.

他的象在棋盘中间被对方吃掉了。

tā de xiàng zài qí​pán zhōng​jiān bèi duì​fāng chī​diào le.

His elephant piece was captured by the opponent in the middle of the board.

imitate adjective
to imitate, mimic, or represent the form of something

这个汉字最初是象鸟儿的形状而创造出来的。

zhè​ge hàn​zì zuì​chū shì xiàng niǎo​r de xíng​zhuàng ér chuàng​zào chu​lai de.

This Chinese character was originally created to resemble the shape of a bird.

Cross-References

Classifier

Frequency
Character
Written text
300th most common 741.3 per million
Movie subtitles
410th most common 363.1 per million appears in 77% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
149.4 per million appears in 22% of films
Written text
89.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+8C61

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)