塑 sù sculpt
sculpt; plastic
怎么记住“塑”: 朔 beginning + 土 earth = sculpt. At the beginning of the pottery class, each child gets a lump of wet earth and a little tool to sculpt a face.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
塑 = 朔 beginning + 土 earth
- 朔 beginning sound
- 土 earth meaning
At the beginning of the pottery class, each child gets a lump of wet earth and a little tool to sculpt a face.
How it came to be
The earth at the bottom gives the meaning and the top part the sound.
用法
- 'To mold, shape, model': 塑造 (sùzào) shape/mold (a character, an image): 塑造人物形象 (sùzào rénwù xíngxiàng) shape a character.
- 塑料 (sùliào) = plastic (the material); 雕塑 (diāosù) = sculpture.
- 塑 emphasizes forming something from a soft material, literal or figurative.