图像
túxiàng · HSK 7
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🖼️ 图 (diagram, chart) + 像 (likeness, resemblance) = a graphic image
图 means a drawn diagram or chart; 像 means a likeness or resemblance. Together they name a picture or graphic. The 像 here is the same character as in 照相 photography, tying it to captured likenesses.
图 — enclosure 囗 + 冬 (simplified from 啚)
Originally written 圖, showing an enclosure 囗 around 啚, a depiction of a granary or rural settlement on a map. The whole character meant a map or chart of demarcated territory. Meaning later broadened to picture, diagram, or to plan/scheme.
像 — person radical 亻 + elephant 象
Originally 象 alone meant 'elephant' and by extension 'image/likeness,' since elephants were rare and people knew them mainly through depictions. The 亻 (person) radical was later added to specialize the meaning as 'image, likeness, resemble,' leaving 象 for the animal itself.