雕 (diu1 | diao1) : carve; engrave; condor

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雕

diu1

diao1

[1] carve; engrave; carving; sculpture | [variant] 彫
[2] condor; eagle; vulture; hawk | [variant] 鵰

In mainland China, 雕 is the standard simplified form for 彫 and 鵰.

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: (#172)

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

雕

This word has been viewed 3400 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Oct 2010 06:32

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雕塑 diu1 sou3 diao1 su4 = sculpture; sculpt 國

雕刻 diu1 hak1 diao1 ke4 = engraving

粗糙雕刻 cou1 cou3 diu1 hak1 cu1 cao1 diao1 ke4 = [n] graffito

浮雕剪影 fau4 diu1 zin2 jing2 = cameo silhouettes

雕蟲小技 diu1 cung4 siu2 gei6 diao1 chong2 xiao3 ji4 = what an easy skill; insignificant skill

雕刻家 diu1 hak1 gaa1 diao1 ke1 jia1 (Taiwan), diao1 ke4 jia1 (PRC) = a sculptor

雕像 diu1 zoeng6 diao1 xiang4 = 1. a graven image; a carved statue; an effigy;statuary; imagery

浮雕 fau4 diu1 fu2 diao1 = sculpture relief

一箭雙雕 jat1 zin3 soeng1 diu1 yi1 jian4 shuang1 diao1 = to do two things in one stroke

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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: 雕
Unicode code for this character: U+96d5 (off-site link)

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