Chinese symbol for “statue”
雕塑
diāo sù
a statue; a Buddhist image; sculpture; to carve
The closest CC-CEDICT match for statue is 雕塑 (diāo sù), defined as: a statue; a Buddhist image; sculpture; to carve.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “statue”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 雕塑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雕像 | diāo xiàng | sculpture; (carved) statue |
| 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) |
| 塑料 | sù liào | plastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials) |
| 塑造 | sù zào | to model; to mold; (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) |
| 塑胶 (塑膠) | sù jiāo | synthetic resin; plastic cement; (Tw) plastic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “statue”.
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.