diāo

carve

Evolution

彫 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
彫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
彫 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
彫 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

diāo

carve, decorate; emaciated

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diāo

variant of [diāo], to engrave

Most common words with 彫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

雕塑

a statue

雕像

sculpture

to carve

雕刻

to carve

冰雕

ice sculpture

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤiw

tew

diāo

engrave, carve


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 7.0959% of movies

2035th most common character in movies

1829th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+5F6B

Shuowen

“彫,琢文也。从彡,周聲。”


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