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

Japanese	彫
Simplified	雕
Traditional	雕

Han character

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

Derived characters

簓𦸔𧐸

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (周) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
裯	tuːw, dɯw, *do
啁	tuːw, rtɯːw, *tɯw
禂	*tuːwʔ
綢	tʰuːw, dɯw
翢	tʰuːw, duːw
錭	*duːw
雕	*tɯːw
凋	*tɯːw
琱	*tɯːw
鯛	*tɯːw
鵰	*tɯːw
彫	*tɯːw
奝	*tɯːw
調	dɯːw, dɯːws, *tɯw
蜩	*dɯːw
惆	*tʰɯw
婤	tʰɯw, tjɯw
稠	*dɯw
椆	dɯw, tjɯws
周	*tjɯw
輖	*tjɯw
賙	*tjɯw
郮	*tjɯw
晭	*tjɯwʔ
倜	*tʰɯːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tɯːw): semantic 彡 (“representing patterns or ornamentation”) + phonetic 周 (OC *tjɯw). It represents the act of carving patterns, and by extension, conveys the meaning "to engrave" or "to carve."^[1]

References

^ Digital Shinjigen 2017

Etymology 1

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

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

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 彫)

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, 彫り, historical)}、える (eru, 彫る)^{←ゑる (weru, 彫る, 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

^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 819 (paper), page 459 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Compounds

彫像 (조상, josang)

Vietnamese

Han character

彫: Hán Nôm readings: điêu, đêu

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[1] Digital Shinjigen 2017

[2] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 819 (paper), page 459 (digital)

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