This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: ゾウ
Romaji: zou
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: かた
Romaji: kata
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

statue, picture, image, figure, portrait

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  9
Frequency:  856
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  1-2-12
Korean Reading:  sang
Chinese Reading:  xiang4
Unicode:  50cf
JIS:  417C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 166
Nelson Index: 540
New Nelson Index: 308
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2a12.8
Four Corner Index: 2723.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 740
Gakken Index: 906
Japanese Names Index: 2061
Daikanwanjiten Index: 1084
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0920
Remembering the kanji Index: 1977
Kanji Flashcards Index: 334
Kodansha Compact Index: 133
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 762
Kanji in Context Index: 940
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 123
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 144
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1996
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2131
Essential Kanji Index: 524
Kodansha Kanji Index: 187
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2151
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 664
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 796

Words

(ぞう)
image; figure; statue; picture; portrait; figure; form; shape; appearance; image
映像 (えいぞう)
reflection; image; picture (e.g. on a television); shot; video; film; footage; clip; video recording; image in one's mind; mental picture
想像 (そうぞう)
imagination; guess
写像 (しゃぞう)
mapping; map; image; representation
現像 (げんぞう)
developing (film)
画像 (がぞう)
image; picture; portrait
肖像 (しょうぞう)
portrait
解像度 (かいぞうど)
resolution (e.g. display, dpi); granularity (e.g. timer)
立像 (りつぞう)
standing statue; standing image
坐像 (ざぞう)
seated figure (e.g. of Buddha); sedentary statue; sedentary image
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