Chinese Character for Figure, Likeness: Xing ()

The Chinese character (xing) refers to a figure or an image. It also carries the meaning of likeness, resemblance, and similarity.

The character consists of two parts. On the left is (rn), the radical for a man, human being, or humankind, which suggests the meaning for (xing) as representing a figure.

On the right is (xing), which provides the sound and is a pictographic character that stands for elephant, image, resemblance, or phenomena.

The character is used in combination with other Chinese characters to enhance or refine its meanings related to figures and likeness.

As a noun indicating figures, examples include (rn xing), a portrait of a human being, where (rn) refers to a human being; (hu xing), a portrait or figure painting, where (hu) refers to a painting; (dio xing), a statue, or literally a carved image or carved figure; and (f xing), an image or statue of Buddha, or a Buddhist image or statue, where (f) stands for Buddha or Buddhist.

(t xing) or (xng xing) refers to an image in general, and (xio xing) is another term for a portrait.

Examples of the use of to indicate likeness include (xing xing) or (xing sh), which means to resemble or to be alike, and (ho xing), which means as if or to seem like.

(xing yng), or the emphatic phrase (xing m xing yng), describes something that is presentable, decent, or up to par or up to the standard, while (xing hu) expresses that something is proper, improved from before, or is more like it.

A photograph is called (xing pin), (xing pin), or (zho pin). (xing pin) literally means a sheet of likeness, where (pin) is the character for a sheet, piece, slice, or a film or movie.

(xing xing), image of a thought, refers to imagination or to the verbs to imagine, conceive of, or visualize, where (xing) means to think or believe, to wish or want, to suppose, or to miss something.

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Chinese Character for Figure, Likeness: Xing ()