Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
bristle, beard
Parts:
carve, engrave, chisel
Kun:
ほ.る-ぼ.り
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1533 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 彫刻 【チョウコク】 carving, engraving, sculpture
  • 彫金 【チョウキン】 chasing, metal carving, metal engraving
  • 木彫 【モクチョウ】 wood carving, wooden sculpture, woodcraft

Kun reading compounds

  • 彫る 【ほる】 to carve, to engrave, to sculpt, to chisel, to tattoo

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
diao1
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • esculpir
  • grabar
  • cincelar

Portuguese

  • cinzelar
  • esculpir
  • cinzel

French

  • sculpter
  • graver
  • ciseler
1590 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1366 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
236 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1167 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1274 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1412 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1149 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1202 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1358 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
617 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2117 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1104 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1503 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1726 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9995P Morohashi
1683 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1719 New Nelson (John Haig)
1710 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1846 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1430 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3660 2001 Kanji
3j8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
7222.2 Four corner code
1-36-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f6b Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 塑性 【ソセイ】 plasticity
  • 塑性限界 【ソセイゲンカイ】 plastic limit
  • 彫塑 【チョウソ】 carving, engraving, clay model, plastic art
  • 泥塑 【デイソ】 unfired clay figurine

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
su4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • modelo
  • moldura
  • modelar

Portuguese

  • modelo
  • moldura

French

  • plastique
  • modèle
  • moulage
1511 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2029 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1121 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1791 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1162 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1838 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1988 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1944 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
359 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3525 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1820 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2475 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1979 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5328 Morohashi
2843 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1068 New Nelson (John Haig)
1960 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2110 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1614 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
972 2001 Kanji
3b10.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-10-3 SKIP code
8710.4 Four corner code
1-33-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5851 Unicode hex code