雕
to carve; to engrave; shrewd; bird of prey
16 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,124 U+96D5
How 雕 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
隹 (semantic, “bird”) + 周 (phonetic, zhōu)
How to remember it
sculpture · Heisig RSH #1766
lap + turkey
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 周
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 周 (zhōu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 周 sound component | zhōu | Zhou dynasty; circumference |
| 调 | tiáo | tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange |
| 绸 | chóu | silk cloth, satin damask |
| 稠 | chóu | crowded, dense; viscous, thick |
| 凋 | diāo | withered, fallen; exhausted |
| 赒 | zhōu | to give to charity; to give alms |
| 鲷 | diāo | porgy; Pagrosomus major |
| 啁 | zhōu | to chirp, to twitter |
| 惆 | chóu | distressed, regretful, sad |
| 碉 | diāo | watchtower |
| 椆 | chóu | a species of tree resistant to cold weather |
| 蜩 | tiáo | cicada, broad locust |
Words containing 雕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白头海雕 | bái tóu hǎi diāo | bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), the national bird of the United States |
| 白尾海雕 | bái wěi hǎi diāo | (bird species of China) white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) |
| 虎头海雕 | hǔ tóu hǎi diāo | (bird species of China) Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) |
| 白腹海雕 | bái fù hǎi diāo | (bird species of China) white-bellied sea eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster) |
| 玉带海雕 | yù dài hǎi diāo | (bird species of China) Pallas's fish eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) |
| 草原雕 | cǎo yuán diāo | (bird species of China) steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) |
| 雕虫小技 | diāo chóng xiǎo jì | insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment |
| 金雕 | jīn diāo | (bird species of China) golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) |
| 花雕 | huā diāo | Shaoxing yellow wine |
| 雕花 | diāo huā | carving; decorative carved pattern; arabesque |
| 射雕英雄传 | Shè Diāo Yīng xióng Zhuàn | Legend of the Condor Heroes, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2], martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Y… |
| 坐山雕 | zuò shān diāo | cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) |
| 石雕 | shí diāo | stone carving; carved sculpture |
| 老雕 | lǎo diāo | vulture |
| 林雕 | lín diāo | (bird species of China) black eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis) |
| 沙雕 | shā diāo | sand sculpture; (Internet slang) silly; ridiculous; hilariously stupid (pun on 傻屌[sha3 dia… |
| 一箭双雕 | yī jiàn shuāng diāo | lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom); to kill two birds with one stone |
| 精雕细刻 | jīng diāo xì kè | (lit.) fine sculpting (idiom); (fig.) to work (at sth) with extreme care and precision |
| 雕落 | diāo luò | variant of 凋落[diao1 luo4] |
| 雕刻家 | diāo kè jiā | sculptor |