雕刻师 (diāo kè shī) — sculptor

Definition

noun
sculptor
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 雕刻师。
    Zhè wèi diāo kè shī de zuò pǐn fēi cháng yǒu míng.
    This sculptor's works are very famous.
  • 雕刻师。
    Tā shì yí wèi hěn yǒu cái huá de diāo kè shī.
    He is a very talented sculptor.
  • 雕刻师。
    diāo kè shī Yòng shí tou diāo kè le yì pǐ mǎ.
    The sculptor carved a horse out of stone.

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.

雕刻carving
雕diāocarve刻kèengrave
联合Side by side
师shīperson

雕刻 gives the carving work, and 师 names the person who does it.

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
刂Written in full as刀dāo
Sound part声符shēngfú
亥
亥hài刻kè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

刻 is made of 刂, a form of 刀 (knife), and 亥, which gives the sound.

Open 刻 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 師; 师 is its simplified writing.

  • 𠂤𠂤𠂤
  • 帀帀zā

The traditional form 師 combines 𠂤 and 帀; the simplified 师 is not the form explained here.

Open 师 →

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