铸 zhù
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 寿 old age, longevity
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
铸造
zhùzào
to cast; to found; to forge
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
- 这座铜像采用传统工艺铸造，表面仍保留着手工修整的痕迹。 Zhè zuò tóngxiàng cǎiyòng chuántǒng gōngyì zhùzào, biǎomiàn réng bǎoliú zhe shǒugōng xiūzhěng de hénjì. This bronze statue was cast using traditional techniques, and its surface still retains traces of manual finishing.
- 工厂用新设备铸造零件，速度快了很多。 Gōngchǎng yòng xīn shèbèi zhùzào língjiàn, sùdù kuài le hěn duō. The factory casts parts with new equipment, and the speed has increased a lot.
- 这口钟是几百年前铸造的，声音至今很洪亮。 Zhè kǒu zhōng shì jǐ bǎi nián qián zhùzào de, shēngyīn zhìjīn hěn hóngliàng. This bell was cast several hundred years ago, and its sound is still very resonant.
Related words
- 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
- 塑造 sùzào to shape, to mold
- 编造 biānzào to fabricate; to make up
- 酿造 niàngzào to brew; to ferment; to create gradually