Chinese symbol for “sculpt”
追
duī
to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sculpt is 追 (duī), defined as: to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sculpt”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雕琢 | diāo zhuó | to sculpt; to carve (jade) |
| 塑形 | sù xíng | to shape; to mold; to sculpt; (fitness) to tone or contour the body |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 追.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 追求 | zhuī qiú | to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after |
| 追踪 (追蹤) | zhuī zōng | to track; to trace; to follow up; (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media) |
| 追究 | zhuī jiū | to investigate; to look into |
| 追加 | zhuī jiā | to add something extra; an additional increment |
| 追逐 | zhuī zhú | to chase; to pursue vigorously |
| 追溯 | zhuī sù | lit. to go upstream; to trace sth back to |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sculpt”.
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.