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雕

diāo

engrave

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵰.

Components
隹 meaning component

隹  Meaning component

zhuī

  

bird

周 sound component

周  Sound component

zhōu

  

cycle

Evolution

雕 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
雕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
雕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
雕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

雕  

diāo

engrave, inlay, carve; exhaust; used for U+9D70 鵰 an eagle, vulture; to carve; to engrave; shrewd; bird of prey

雕 (彫) 

diāo

variant of 雕[diāo], to engrave

Most common words with 雕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

雕塑

a statue

雕像

sculpture

雕

to carve

雕刻

to carve

冰雕

ice sculpture

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤiw

tew

diāo

bird of prey


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

16

Unicode

U+96D5

Shuowen

“雕，鷻也。从隹，周聲。鵰，籀文雕从鳥。”


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