塑 sù sculpt
sculpt; plastic
How to remember 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.
Component breakdown
塑 = 朔 beginning + 土 earth
- 朔 beginning
- 土 earth
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 is used
- '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.