雕琢

雕琢 in English

diāo zhuó: to sculpt / to carve (jade) / ornate artwork / overly elaborate prose

Character breakdown

雕鵰 diāo bird of prey
琢 zhuó to cut (gems)

How it used to be written

雕

Bronze script 戰國晚期.秦
Small seal script
See all 4 forms

琢

Small seal script
Clerical script 東漢

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

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