雕
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to carve; to engrave; shrewd; bird of prey
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 隹 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 雕
- Common rank
- #1,124
- Unicode
- U+96D5
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
sculpture · Heisig RSH #1766
lap + turkey
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 雕
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白头海雕 | bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), the national bird of the United States | |
| 白尾海雕 | (bird species of China) white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) | |
| 虎头海雕 | (bird species of China) Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) | |
| 白腹海雕 | (bird species of China) white-bellied sea eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster) | |
| 玉带海雕 | (bird species of China) Pallas's fish eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) | |
| 草原雕 | (bird species of China) steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) | |
| 雕虫小技 | insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment | |
| 金雕 | (bird species of China) golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) | |
| 花雕 | Shaoxing yellow wine | |
| 雕花 | carving; decorative carved pattern; arabesque | |
| 射雕英雄传 | Legend of the Condor Heroes, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2], martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Y… | |
| 坐山雕 | cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) | |
| 石雕 | stone carving; carved sculpture | |
| 老雕 | vulture | |
| 林雕 | (bird species of China) black eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis) | |
| 沙雕 | sand sculpture; (Internet slang) silly; ridiculous; hilariously stupid (pun on 傻屌[sha3 dia… | |
| 一箭双雕 | lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom); to kill two birds with one stone | |
| 精雕细刻 | (lit.) fine sculpting (idiom); (fig.) to work (at sth) with extreme care and precision | |
| 雕落 | variant of 凋落[diao1 luo4] | |
| 雕刻家 | sculptor |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 周 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 周 sound part | Zhou dynasty; circumference | |
| 调 | tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange | |
| 绸 | silk cloth, satin damask | |
| 稠 | crowded, dense; viscous, thick | |
| 凋 | withered, fallen; exhausted | |
| 赒 | to give to charity; to give alms | |
| 鲷 | porgy; Pagrosomus major | |
| 啁 | to chirp, to twitter | |
| 惆 | distressed, regretful, sad | |
| 碉 | watchtower | |
| 椆 | a species of tree resistant to cold weather | |
| 蜩 | cicada, broad locust |