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塑

model
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingソ
Kun readingでく

Meanings

  1. modelRtK
    彼は柔らかい粘土で小さな塑像を作った。He made a little statue out of soft clay.tatoeba
    塑像後水尾天皇像The statue of Sozo (earthen image) of Emperor Gomizunoowiki
  2. molding

Radicals and components

Radical土earth
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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first day of the month · mountain goat · horns · mountain (山) · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2110

Compound words

西塔塑像断片 52箇
fifty-two fragments of earthen images in the West Pagodawiki

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 塑

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step