Zi:像
像 [xiàng] 相像/象 resemble, be like/similar; 好像/象 seem; 肖像 portrait; 照相/像 photo; 偶像 image/model; (HDZ:) …
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 像 xiàng ‘be like/similar’ combines 亻(人 rén) ‘person’, and 象(𧰼) xiàng ‘elephant/ivory’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 象.
Note: 象 xiàng ‘elephant; ivory; figure cut in ivory; image’; the component 亻 was added to specify senses ‘seems/like/similar’ (像似) formerly wr. simply 象.
Note: Formerly (1964-1986) 像 was officially (PRC) treated as an obsolete variant of 象; in 1986 the standard was changed, and now 像 is supposed to be used for the verb ‘resemble’ and in many compounds; generally 像 is used in terms for things made by human beings (like 肖像 xiàoxiàng ‘portrait’), while 象 is used in terms with more natural or abstract meanings (like 现象 xiànxiàng ‘phenomenon’).
Compare: 相 xiàng ‘watch/observe’ (相/像貌 ‘look/appearance’, 照相/像 ‘photograph’).
HDZ: 像 : xiàng : 相似; 摹拟, 仿效; 依随, 依照; 形象, 相貌; 人物形象的图画或雕塑等 (肖像, 偶像); 法式; 如, 比如 (像这样的事是值得注意的)
►references: Guǎngyùn:310.19; Karlgren:AD787,GSR728e; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.213.3; Mathews:2569; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:116.08; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:281.0.03; EDOC:1
►components: 亻象
►Cantonese: jeuhng-
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<!-- variant based on [U+2E88](V=0) -->
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</cdl>
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Unicode: U+50CF
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