塑造

sùzào

to model; to mold; (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc); (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

他用泥塑造人物。

He models figures out of clay.

这本书塑造了英雄。

This book creates a hero.