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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

雕 diāo
to carve, to engrave; eagle, vulture
radical 172 ⾫ · 16 strokes
塑 sù
to sculpt, to model in clay; plastic
radical 32 ⼟ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “statue”

WordPinyinMeaning
雕像diāo xiàngsculpture; (carved) statue

Related words

Other words that share a character with 雕塑.

WordPinyinMeaning
雕像diāo xiàngsculpture; (carved) statue
雕刻diāo kèto carve; to engrave
浮雕fú diāorelief sculpture
石雕shí diāostone carving; carved sculpture
雕琢diāo zhuóto sculpt; to carve (jade)
塑料sù liàoplastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials)
塑造sù zàoto model; to mold; (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc)
塑胶 (塑膠)sù jiāosynthetic 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.

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