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彫

Carve
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingチョウ
Kun readingほ.る

Verbs with «彫»

彫る

Meanings

  1. carveRtK
  2. chisel
  3. engrave
  1. carving
  2. engraving
  3. chiselled features

Radicals and components

Radical彡bristle
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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circumference · running track · glass hood · earthenware jar · lidded crock · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · mouth (口) · shape

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1846

Compound words

彼は木から仏像を彫った。
He carved a Buddhist image out of wood.tatoeba
彼は彫像のようにじっとしていた。
He was as still as a statue.tatoeba
彼は象牙に図案を彫った。
He carved designs in ivory.tatoeba
彼は私に木の人形を彫ってくれた。
He carved me a wooden doll.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

まるでギリシャの岸辺で太陽に照らされている彫像のような
まるでぎりしゃのきしべでたいようにてらされているちょうぞうのようなLike a statue illuminated by the sun on a Greek shore.
文章中の字や句を美しく飾ること。模様を彫刻し、金銀をちりばめること。
ぶんしょうちゅうのじやくをうつくしくかざること。もようをちょうこくし、きんぎんをちりばめること。Decorating letters and words in a sentence beautifully. Carving patterns, sprinkling gold and silver.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Carve, engrave. 周 + 彡 (carved lines) — a pattern cut all around. 彫刻 — sculpture.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 彫

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