塑 (sou3 sok3 | su4) : mould; model; plastic

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塑

sou3 sok3

su4

[1] [v] mould; model; sculpt
[2] [n] plastic

Jyutping sou3 is standard reading; sok3 is variant.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 土 (#32)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

塑

This word has been viewed 5380 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 10th Dec 2013 00:47

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塑造 sou3 zou6 su4 zao4 = model; mould; portray

塑料 sou3 liu6*2 su4 liao4 = plastics; plastic

塑料袋 sou3 liu6*2 doi6*2 su4 liao4 dai4 = plastic bag 國

塑膠購物袋 sou3 gaau1 kau3 mat6 doi6*2 = plastic shopping bag 粵

雕塑 diu1 sou3 diao1 su4 = sculpture; sculpt 國

塑膠黏土 sou3 gaau1 nim4 tou2 su4 jiao1 nian2 tu3 = plasticine

塑膠 sou3 gaau1 su4 jiao1 = plastic; plastic cement; synthetic resin

注塑機 zyu3 sok3 gei1 = injection molding machine

塑膠花 sou3 gaau1 faa1 = plastic flowers

多孔塑料 do1 hung2 sou3 liu6*2 = porous plastics; sponge plastics; plastic foam
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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 塑
Unicode code for this character: U+5851 (off-site link)

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