Word Meaning 肖像

しょうぞう shouzou

肖像 is read as しょうぞう (shouzou) and means portrait.

Meaning

English

  1. portrait
  2. likeness
  3. picture

Reading

Kana

しょうぞう

Romaji

shouzou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Synonyms ポートレート Rank 16164 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

肖像画家

しょうぞうがか

portrait painter

肖像権

しょうぞうけん

rights to usage of one's likeness

肖像画

しょうぞうが

portrait

彫像

ちょうぞう

sculpture

虚像

きょぞう

virtual image

同質異像

どうしついぞう

polymorphism

結像

けつぞう

imaging

特典映像

とくてんえいぞう

bonus footage (e.g. behind-the-scenes interviews)

自己像

じこぞう

self-image

透過画像

とうかがぞう

computer image with a transparent background

映像

えいぞう

reflection

画像

がぞう

image

Example Sentences

10

かれはそふのしょうぞうをへやにかざっている。

He keeps a portrait of his grandfather displayed in his room.

かれはゆうめいなさっかのしょうぞうをえがいた。

He drew a portrait of a famous writer.

かべにそふのしょうぞうががかっている。

A portrait of my grandfather is hanging on the wall.

このしゃしんはほんにんのしょうぞうとしてつかわれた。

This photo was used as his portrait.

The portrait looks exactly like the real thing.

A portrait was hung on the wall.

This is a portrait of my late father.

A portrait of an old man was hanging on the wall.

The portrait of her was true to life.

Tom mainly painted portraits of women.