肖 means “likeness, resemble”

しょう · shou

Also: resemblance

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あやかる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ショウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 7 strokes

The story

Small (⺌) over flesh (月): picture a child's small body taking after a parent's. 肖 is likeness: a 肖像画 is a portrait, 肖像権 the right to your own image, and 不肖の息子 is a son who fails to take after his father.

Used in 肖像 (shouzou, portrait), 肖像画 (shouzouga, portrait painting), and 不肖 (fushou, unworthy)

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