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Kanji Detail for 彫 - "to carve, to engrave, to sculpt"

彫

  • Meaning

    彫 means "to carve, to engrave, to sculpt."

    1. Carve - To cut into a hard surface to create art.

    2. Engrave - To cut designs into material.

    3. Sculpt - To shape by cutting away material.

  • Words using 彫

    • 浮き彫り うきぼり Listen relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore
    • 彫刻 ちょうこく Listen carving; engraving; sculpture

  • Four-character idioms with 彫

    • 彫心鏤骨 ちょうしんるこつ Listen laborious work; lucubration; lucubrations

  • Tattoo check: 彫

    • Verified meaning: to carve, to engrave, to sculpt
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ささら, ほり)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 彫

    Given names 彫(ささら)Listen

    Surnames 彫(ほり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    carve; engrave; chisel

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    carve, decorate; emaciated

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 雕[diao1], to engrave

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To carve; to engrave. Such as 彫刻. | Withered; fallen. (Analects) "Then one knows the pine and cypress are last to wither."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    choh(チョウ) チョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    bo.ri(ぼ-り) ぼ-り

    ho.ru(ほ-る) ほ-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    彡 (sanzukuri)

  • Related Keywords

    to carve to engrave to sculpt etch inscribe wither fade chisel relief sculpture art incision cut

Sentences including 彫

  • I want a sculpture.

  • The statue has no head.

  • He carved a Buddhist image out of wood.

  • He carved designs in ivory.

  • Tom carved a pumpkin.

  • The sculptures are of great value.

  • They are chiseling a statue out of marble.

  • The sculptor carved wood into an image of Buddha.

  • They have taken the form of sculptures.

  • He carved me a wooden doll.

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