象 xiàng HSK3 elephant Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: imitate All meanings 8 xiàng 8 appearance 3elephant 2elephant (xiangqi) 2imitate 1 1 sentence for 象 (xiàng — imitate) 这个汉字最初是象鸟儿的形状而创造出来的。 zhège hànzì zuìchū shì xiàng niǎor de xíngzhuàng ér chuàngzào chulai de. This Chinese character was originally created to resemble the shape of a bird. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary