雕 diāo
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 隹 — short-tailed bird
- Made of
- 周 Zhou dynasty 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
雕像
diāoxiàng
statue
Characters in this word
像 xiàng
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 象 elephant
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 博物馆入口的雕像并不追求写实，而是强调人物的精神气质。 Bówùguǎn rùkǒu de diāoxiàng bìng bù zhuīqiú xiěshí, érshì qiángdiào rénwù de jīngshén qìzhì. The statue at the museum entrance does not aim for realism, but emphasises the figure's spiritual character.
- 广场上的雕像已经站了一百多年。 Guǎngchǎng shàng de diāoxiàng yǐjīng zhàn le yìbǎi duō nián. The statue in the square has stood there for over a hundred years.
- 游客们爱和门口的石头雕像一起拍照。 Yóukèmen ài hé ménkǒu de shítou diāoxiàng yìqǐ pāizhào. Tourists love taking photos with the stone statue at the entrance.
Related words
- 雕 diāo to carve
- 雕刻 diāokè to carve; carving
- 雕塑 diāosù sculpture; to sculpt
- 好像 hǎoxiàng seem; be like
- 像 xiàng to look like; like
- 偶像 ǒuxiàng idol
- 摄像 shèxiàng to record video
- 摄像机 shèxiàngjī video camera
- 录像 lùxiàng video recording; to record
- 摄像头 shèxiàngtóu camera
- 图像 túxiàng image
- 不像话 búxiànghuà outrageous; improper; unacceptable