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雕塑家 (diāo sù jiā) — sculptor

Definition

noun
sculptor
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 雕塑家。
    Zhè wèi diāo sù jiā de zuò pǐn zài quán shì jiè dōu hěn yǒu míng.
    This sculptor's works are famous all over the world.
  • 雕塑家，。
    Tā shì yí wèi fēi cháng qín fèn de diāo sù jiā, měi tiān dōu zài gōng zuò shì lǐ gōng zuò.
    He is a very hardworking sculptor, working in the studio every day.
  • 雕塑家。
    Nà wèi diāo sù jiā yòng dà lǐ shí diāo kè le yì zūn rén xiàng.
    That sculptor carved a statue out of marble.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

雕塑sculpture
雕diāocarve塑sùmold
联合Coordinate
家jiāperson

雕 and 塑 mean carve and mold, and 家 denotes a person who does this.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
隹隹zhuī
Sound part声符shēngfú
周
周zhōu雕diāo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

雕 pairs 隹, a bird radical, with 周, which supplies the sound.

Open 雕 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
朔
朔shuò塑sù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

塑 pairs 土 (earth) with 朔, which gives the sound.

Open 塑 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢑓
𢑓𢑓家jiā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

Open 家 →
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