塑造 sùzào▶ Model

Stroke order

塑造 is written in 23 strokes across 2 characters.

• 塑 — 13 strokes
• 造 — 10 strokes

Senses

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

Related words

• 伪造Menempa; Memalsukan
• 造型gaya; pemodelan
• 铸造pengecoran
• 雕塑Patung; Memahat
• 创造membuat
• 制造Memproduksi, membuat

塑造 is pronounced sùzào and means “Model”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 塑造 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.