diāo

variant of 雕, to engrave

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 彫

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

爷爷喜欢雕木头。

Grandpa likes carving wood.

墙上的图案是雕的。

The pattern on the wall is carved.