ㄉㄧㄠ

diāo

engrave

雕 is a 16 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as diāo in the first tone.

In traditional Chinese the characters 彫 or 鵰 may be used instead.

It is made up of the components 周 (week) and 隹 (sparrow).

  • 雕
    ㄉㄧㄠ

    diāo

    engrave

    • 周
      ㄓㄡ

      zhōu

      week

    • 隹
      ㄓㄨㄟ

      zhuī

      sparrow

1 story has been written about this character — see all
User Thumbnail

This WEEK it's win[dy ou]t, so I stay in and <CARVE> a SPARROW while peering at one *across* the yard.
by vms5q

You need to log in to write a story for 雕

Pronunciation

We found 1 pronunciation for 雕

Definitions for 雕 pronounced as diāo

  • to carve
  • to engrave
  • shrewd
  • bird of prey
  • variant of 雕[diao1], to engrave
  • bird of prey

Vocabulary

The most common words for 雕 — see all

See all vocabulary

Collections

Collections which contain 雕 — see all

See all collections