Chinese symbol for “carve”
雕刻
diāo kè
to carve; to engrave; carving
The closest CC-CEDICT match for carve is 雕刻 (diāo kè), defined as: to carve; to engrave; carving.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “carve”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雕 | diāo | to carve; to engrave |
| 契 | qì | to carve; carved words |
| 切 | qiē | to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangential |
| 雕饰 (雕飾) | diāo shì | to carve; to decorate |
| 追 | duī | to sculpt; to carve |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 雕刻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雕像 | diāo xiàng | sculpture; (carved) statue |
| 雕塑 | diāo sù | a statue; a Buddhist image |
| 浮雕 | fú diāo | relief sculpture |
| 石雕 | shí diāo | stone carving; carved sculpture |
| 雕琢 | diāo zhuó | to sculpt; to carve (jade) |
| 时刻 (時刻) | shí kè | time; juncture |
| 立刻 | lì kè | immediately; at once; right away |
| 深刻 | shēn kè | profound; deep |
See also: Japanese symbol for “carve”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.