Chinese symbol for “carving”
雕花
diāo huā
carving; decorative carved pattern; arabesque
The closest CC-CEDICT match for carving is 雕花 (diāo huā), defined as: carving; decorative carved pattern; arabesque.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “carving”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 雕花.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雕像 | diāo xiàng | sculpture; (carved) statue |
| 雕塑 | diāo sù | a statue; a Buddhist image |
| 雕刻 | diāo kè | to carve; to engrave |
| 浮雕 | fú diāo | relief sculpture |
| 石雕 | shí diāo | stone carving; carved sculpture |
| 雕琢 | diāo zhuó | to sculpt; to carve (jade) |
| 花园 (花園) | huā yuán | garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 花费 (花費) | huā fèi | expense; cost |
See also: Japanese symbol for “carving”.
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.