塑
model, molding
Readings
On'yomi
- ソ
Kun'yomi
- でく
Meaning
塑 centers on shaping a soft material into a desired form: modeling clay or other substances, and by extension the process of molding something into a new shape.
Most common words using 塑
20 of 25- 可塑かそ
moldable; plastic
- 彫塑ちょうそ
carving; engraving
- 可塑剤かそざい
plasticizer; plasticiser
- 可塑性かそせい
plasticity
- 可塑性物質かそせいぶっしつ
plastic materials
- 可塑材かそざい
plastic material
- 可塑物かそぶつ
plastics
- 可塑物質かそぶっしつ
plastics
- 塑像そぞう
plaster image; clay figure
- 塑弾性そだんせい
plasto-elasticity
- 塑性そせい
plasticity
- 塑性変形そせいへんけい
plastic deformation
- 塑性指数そせいしすう
plasticity index
- 塑性限界そせいげんかい
plastic limit
- 塑造そぞう
molding; moulding; modeling; modelling
- 彫塑術ちょうそじゅつ
the plastic art
- 桐塑とうそ
tōso; paste made from paulownia sawdust and wheat starch (used in traditional doll-making, etc.)
- 泥塑でいそ
unfired clay figurine
- 熱可塑ねつかそ
moldable when heated; thermoplastic
- 熱可塑性ねつかそせい
thermoplasticity
Study
Etymology
塑 combines 朔 (which likely contributes the sound ソ) with 土 (earth, clay), suggesting shaping clay or earth into a model.
Meaning mnemonic
The top part 朔 looks like a hand shaping something, and the bottom 土 is clay. Picture hands pressing and smoothing soft clay into a model.
Reading mnemonic
For ソ, imagine a sculptor saying 'so' as they smooth the clay: so -> ソ, and the clay becomes a perfect model.