塑

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to model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

土 meaning “earth” + 朔 sound ( shuò )

Components 朔土

plastic · Heisig RSH #1941

mountain goat + moon + 土 soil

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
塑料普通话	sù liào pǔ tōng huà	(coll.) bad or awkward Mandarin (spoken with heavy accent, incorrect tones or other non-st…
可塑性	kě sù xìng	plasticity
塑化剂	sù huà jì	plasticizer
塑料王	sù liào wáng	"king of plastics" (nickname for polytetrafluoroethylene, PTFE)
塑胶跑道	sù jiāo pǎo dào	synthetic athletics track; tartan track
塑胶车	sù jiāo chē	scooter (Tw)
动态雕塑	dòng tài diāo sù	(fine arts) a mobile
塑胶爆炸物	sù jiāo bào zhà wù	plastic explosive
塑性	sù xìng	plasticity
面塑	miàn sù	(figurines) made of dough; dough modeling
毛塑像	Máo sù xiàng	statue of Chairman Mao Zedong (1893-1976) 毛澤東\|毛泽东[Mao2 Ze2 dong1]
重塑	chóng sù	to reconstruct (an art object); to remodel
塑胶炸药	sù jiāo zhà yào	plastic explosive
塑料姐妹花	sù liào jiě mèi huā	(neologism, 2017) (slang) a pair of women whose seemingly close friendship is actually sha…
塑身	sù shēn	body sculpting (weight loss and exercise)
过塑	guò sù	(stationery) to laminate
塑形	sù xíng	to shape; to mold; to sculpt; (fitness) to tone or contour the body
增塑剂	zēng sù jì	plasticizer
塑料袋	sù liào dài	plastic bag
塑料	sù liào	plastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials)

Characters sharing the sound component 朔 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
朔 sound part	shuò	beginning; the first day of the lunar month
蒴	shuò	capsule, seed-pod
嗍	suō	to drink, to imbibe
搠	shuò	to daub; to thrust
槊	shuò	spear, lance