像 — to resemble; to be like
to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance
- Pinyin
- xiàng
- Strokes
- 13
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 像: 13 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 像 in the HSK syllabus: 12
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 好像hǎoxiàngas if; to seem likeHSK 3
- 像xiàngto resemble; to be like; to look as if; such asHSK 3
- 录像lùxiàngto videotape; to videorecord; video recordingHSK 6
- 偶像ǒuxiàngidolHSK 6
- 摄像shèxiàngto videotapeHSK 6
- 摄像头shèxiàngtóuwebcam; surveillance cameraHSK 6
- 图像túxiàngimage; picture; graphicHSK 6
- 不像话búxiànghuàunreasonable; shocking; outrageousHSK 7–9
- 雕像diāoxiàngsculpture; statueHSK 7–9
- 像样xiàngyàngpresentable; decent; up to parHSK 7–9
- 肖像xiàoxiàngportrait; representation of a person; likenessHSK 7–9
- 影像yǐngxiàngimageHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.