塑像 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

sùxiàng

statue

sù sculpt, clay model, plastic

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 朔 represents the sound.

朔 Sound component

shuò first day of lunar month

土 Meaning component

tǔ earth

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	sŋaːɡs

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 象 represents the sound.

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

象 Sound component

xiàng elephant

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Baxter-Sagart	zjangX	s.[d]aŋʔ	image; resemble

象也。从人从象，象亦聲。讀若養。