彫

彫

See also: 雕

彫 U+5F6B, 彫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F6B ← 彪 [U+5F6A] CJK Unified Ideographs 彬 → [U+5F6C]

彫 U+2F89A, 彫 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F89A ← 形 [U+2F899] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 㣣 → [U+2F89B]

Translingual

Han character

彫 (Kangxi radical 59, 彡+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月口竹竹竹 (BRHHH), four-corner 7222₂, composition ⿰周彡)

References

• KangXi: page 363, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9995
• Dae Jaweon: page 683, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 855, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5F6B
• Unihan data for U+2F89A

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 彫 – see 雕 (“to engrave; to inlay; to carve; carving; etc.”). (This character, 彫, is a variant form of 雕.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 彫 – see 凋 (“to wither; to fall; to exhaust; to fade; etc.”). (This character, 彫, is a variant form of 凋.)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	彫
Kyūjitai [1]	彫 彫 or 彫+︀?
	彫󠄁 彫+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	彫󠄃 彫+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

彫

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 彫)

1. carve
2. engrave
3. chisel

Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kun: ほる (horu, 彫る, Jōyō); えり (eri, 彫り)^{←ゑり (weri, historical)}; える (eru, 彫る)^{←ゑる (weru, historical)}; きざむ (kizamu, 彫む); しぼむ (shibomu, 彫む); なえる (naeru, 彫える); ほり (hori, 彫り); ぼり (bori, 彫り)

Compounds

• 彫(ちょう)刻(こく) (chōkoku)

References

1. 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 819 (paper), page 459 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)

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Korean

Hanja

彫 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Compounds

• 彫像 (조상, josang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

彫: Hán Nôm readings: điêu, đêu

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