Radical 亻

13 strokes

person 亻 (13a) + elephant 象 (674a) = likeness 像

好像 (18) hǎoxiàng be like, similar to

Harry pointed at his elephant and then at its passport photo, and said, “But — it’s a good likeness!” / The two dwarf immigration officers at Shanghai are dubious — each takes one end of the elephant but neither end looks like the passport photo …

bow (51a) + kiss (671a) + pig 豕 (109a) = elephant 象

The top part is similar to “avoid” (673a), but the bottom is now “pig” (but note that the pig has lost its first horizontal stroke).

The character also means “shape” and is often used as a simplified form of the following character (674) if there is no room for confusion.

The princess bows down to kiss the pig— who promptly turns into a handsome … elephant! / [No pronunciation needed]