雕塑 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

diāosù HSK7

sculpture

diāo engrave

Phonosemantic compound. 隹 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鵰.

Components

隹 Meaning component

zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

周 Sound component

zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tew	tˤiw	bird of prey
Zhengzhang		tɯːw
Unicode	deu

說文解字

鷻也。从隹周聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

sù sculpt, clay model, plastic

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

Components

朔 Sound component

shuò first day of lunar month

土 Meaning component

tǔ earth

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	sŋaːɡs

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang