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彫

彫

See also: 雕

Translingual

Han character

彫 (radical 59 彡+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月口竹竹竹 (BRHHH), four-corner 72222, composition ⿰周彡)

  1. carve, decorate
  2. emaciated

References

  • KangXi: page 363, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9995
  • Dae Jaweon: page 683, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 855, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5F6B

See also

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 彫

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (周) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
裯 *tuːw, *dɯw, *do
啁 *tuːw, *rtɯːw, *tɯw
禂 *tuːwʔ
綢 *tʰuːw, *dɯw
翢 *tʰuːw, *duːw
錭 *duːw
雕 *tɯːw
凋 *tɯːw
琱 *tɯːw
鯛 *tɯːw
鵰 *tɯːw
彫 *tɯːw
奝 *tɯːw
調 *dɯːw, *dɯːws, *tɯw
蜩 *dɯːw
惆 *tʰɯw
婤 *tʰɯw, *tjɯw
稠 *dɯw
椆 *dɯw, *tjɯws
周 *tjɯw
輖 *tjɯw
賙 *tjɯw
郮 *tjɯw
晭 *tjɯwʔ
倜 *tʰɯːwɢ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 彫
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 蕭 (93)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 都聊切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /teu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /teu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /teu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /tɛw/
Li
Rong		 /teu/
Wang
Li		 /tieu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /tieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 diāo
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 彫
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 diāo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tew ›
Old
Chinese		 /*tˤiw/
English engrave, carve

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 彫
Reading # 1/1
No. 17518
Phonetic
component		 周
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 貂
Old
Chinese		 /*tɯːw/

Definitions

彫

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Compounds

  • 彫刻
  • 彫勵／彫励
  • 彫啄
  • 彫喪／彫丧
  • 彫弓
  • 彫敝
  • 彫梁畫棟／彫梁画栋
  • 彫殘／彫残
  • 彫牆／彫墙
  • 彫瑑
  • 彫章鏤句／彫章镂句
  • 彫蟲／彫虫
  • 彫蟲篆刻／彫虫篆刻
  • 彫謝／彫谢
  • 彫零
  • 彫颼／彫飕
  • 彫騷／彫骚
  • 文擅彫龍／文擅彫龙
  • 朽棘不彫
  • 民生彫敝
  • 花彫

References

Japanese

Kanji

彫

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. carve
  2. engrave
  3. chisel

Readings

Compounds

  • 彫刻 (ちょうこく, chōkoku)

Korean

Hanja

彫 • ‎(jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

彫 (điêu, đêu)

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