塑 sù
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 朔 beginning 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
塑造
sùzào
to shape, to mold
Characters in this word
造 zào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 告 to tell, to inform, to announce
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 家庭教育会在很大程度上塑造孩子的价值观。 Jiātíng jiàoyù huì zài hěn dà chéngdù shàng sùzào háizi de jiàzhíguān. Family education shapes children's values to a great extent.
- 作家用几句话就塑造了一个鲜活的人物。 Zuòjiā yòng jǐ jù huà jiù sùzào le yí ge xiānhuó de rénwù. The writer created a vivid character in just a few sentences.
- 她用黏土塑造了一只可爱的小猫。 Tā yòng niántǔ sùzào le yì zhī kě'ài de xiǎomāo. She shaped a cute little cat out of clay.
Related words
- 塑料 sùliào plastic
- 塑料袋 sùliàodài plastic bag
- 雕塑 diāosù sculpture; to sculpt
- 创造 chuàngzào to create
- 改造 gǎizào to rebuild; to transform
- 造 zào to make; to build
- 造成 zàochéng to cause
- 制造 zhìzào to make; to produce
- 构造 gòuzào structure
- 造型 zàoxíng shape; style
- 建造 jiànzào to build
- 打造 dǎzào to create, to build