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图像 (tú xiàng) — image; picture; graphic

Definition

图像 refers to a digitally rendered or technical 'image' (on screens, in software, OCR). Compare 图片 (general photos/pictures) and 画面 (a scene or frame in video/art).

noun
imagepicturegraphic
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 图像。
    Zhè zhāng tú xiàng de qīng xī dù hěn gāo.
    This image has very high resolution.
  • 图像。
    Ruǎn jiàn kě yǐ zì dòng shí bié tú xiàng zhōng de wén zì.
    The software can automatically recognize text in images.
  • 图像。
    Tā zhèng zài yòng diàn nǎo chǔ lǐ dà liàng de tú xiàng.
    He is processing a large number of images on the computer.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

图túpicture
像xiàngimage

图 and 像 both refer to visual representations, so together they mean an image.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 圖; 图 is its simplified writing.

  • 囗囗wéiwalled city
  • 啚啚bǐ

The traditional form 圖 pairs 囗, a walled city, with 啚, an early form meaning remote areas or territory. The simplified 图 is a later abbreviation.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
象
象xiàng像
Same sound today

像 uses 亻, the side form of 人 (person), with 象 giving the sound.

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