| 象 | 1332B30 92.02 | 部居  | 畫數 12 | ㄒㄧㄤˋ [xiang4] | ||
| N. | (1) The elephant: 巨象 a big elephant; 象齒焚身 an elephant is killed because of its ivory－warning against hoarding wealth. (2) A figure, image (interch. 像): 造象 statue; 肖象，圖象，畫象 (more commonly wr. 像) portrait. (3) Material form, atmosphere, appearance: 形象 shape, material form: 意象 idea, concept; 氣象 atmosphere; 莊嚴氣象 august atmosphere or appearance; 萬象 all the universe; 天象 meteorological phenomena; 觀象臺 observatory; 景象 gen. appearance or atmosphere; 太平景象 atmosphere or peace; 現象 phenomenon, -na, present conditions; 印象 impression (of person, country). (4) Ivory (used as n. modifier): 象箸 ivory chopsticks; 象  ivory tablets;象床 ivory bed; 象環 ivory ring, etc., see 象牙 [xiang4ya2]↓. | |||||
| Words | 1. 象鼻蟲 [xiang4bi2chong2], n., the weevil, the snout beetle. 2. 象棋 [xiang4qi2], n., Chin. chess. 3. 象闕 [xiang4qUe4], n., (AC) palace gate. 4. 象度 [xiang4du4], n., measurements of movements of heavenly bodies. 5. 象服 [xiang4fu2], n., (AC) ladies’ formal dress. 6. 象管 [xiang4guan3], n., ivory flute. 7. 象笏 [xiang4hu4], n., ivory memorial tablet held during imperial audience. 8. 象徵 [xiang4zheng1], n., symbol; 象徵主義 symbolism in poetry, painting; 象徵的 symbolic. 9. 象 [xiang4jian3], n., see [xiang4hu4]↑.10. 象輦 [xiang4nian3], n., (AC) carriage of empress dowager drawn by elephant. 11. 象皮病 [xiang4pi2bing4], n., (med.) elephantiasis. 12. 象人 [xiang4ren2], n., (AC) idol, wooden image. 13. 象限 [xiang4xian4], n., (geom.) quadrant. 14. 象刑 [xiang4xing2]1, n., (AC) convict dress, a dress of disgrace. 15. 象形 [xiang4xing2]2, n., in 象形文字 hieroglyphics, pictograph; one of the earliest principles of Chin. character creation, limited to picturing visible forms. 16. 象數 [xiang4shu4], n., the study of the eight diagrams (八卦) in Book of Changes (易經); 象 the diagrams, and 數 position of strokes (upper, lower, etc.); see [xiang4ci2]↓. 17. 象辭 [xiang4ci2], n., one of the Comments in the Book of Changes, explaining meaning of combination of diagrams forming an oracle. 18. 象眼 [xiang4yan3], n., as in 斜象眼兒 an oblong quadrangle. 19. 象牙 [xiang4ya2], n., ivory: 象牙之塔 the ivory tower; 象牙筷子 ivory chopsticks; 象牙床 ivory bed (shortened to 象 in AC, see N.4↑); 狗嘴長不出象牙 you don’t find ivory in a dog’s mouth－contemptuous of person's filthy remarks; 象牙海岸 (Republic of) Ivory Coast; 象牙質 dentine. 20. 象意 [xiang4yi4]1, n., see 會 意 81.41, one of the principles of character formation. 21. 象譯 [xiang4yi4]2, n., (AC) interpreter of languages of South China. | |||||