漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
彫: carve, engrave
Also: chisel
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
彡 carries the meaning · 周 gives the sound
11 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
チョウchou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 彫刻ちょうこく
- 木彫もくちょうwood carving; wooden sculpture; woodcraft
- 彫像ちょうぞう(carved) statue; sculpture
- 彫金ちょうきんchasing; metal carving; metal engraving
ほるhoru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 彫るほるto carve; to engrave; to sculpt
-ぼり-bori · kun'yomi
- 浮き彫りうきぼりrelief; embossed carving
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“A touch of elegance! Imagine three fine strokes of a brush adding the final detail to a painting.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
周
Also built on circumference (周)
The 周 family reads シュウ (shuu); 彫 is read チョウ.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side彫 carve · 彡
vs週 week · ⻌In ChineseSimplified 雕 · traditional, as in Japanese · diāo
Japan keeps the traditional form 彫; mainland China simplifies it to 雕.
- Simplified
- 雕 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 彫 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin diāo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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