TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
像
像 ＝ 亻 ＋ 象
ㄒㄧㄤˋ · xiàng
verb — to be like, resemble; noun — an image, a statue
字源 FORM — what the parts do
亻義a person
A person (亻) set beside the elephant (象). Few ever saw the living beast — people drew it from bones and hearsay, and 象 came to mean the drawn likeness. With 亻 added: to look like, an image — 好像、銅像.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
孩子指著照片裡的人（亻）：好像爸爸！
The child points at the man (亻) in the photo — looks just like Papa!
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)像— a likeness, an image
→像、好像— to be like, to seem常用
⇒銅像、畫像— the statue, the portrait
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension