銅どう像ぞう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

bronze statue

A statue made of bronze, typically a life-size or larger figure of a person or animal.

公こう園えんに新あたらしい銅どう像ぞうが建たてられた。
A new bronze statue was erected in the park.
その銅どう像ぞうは有ゆう名めいな武ぶ将しょうをモデルにしている。
That bronze statue is modeled after a famous warlord.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に銅どう像ぞうを建たてるto erect a bronze statue somewhere
駅えき前まえに有ゆう名めいな作さっ家かの銅どう像ぞうを建たてた。
They erected a bronze statue of the famous writer in front of the station.
銅どう像ぞうが立たつfor a bronze statue to stand (somewhere)
公こう園えんの中ちゅう央おうに銅どう像ぞうが立たっている。
There is a bronze statue standing in the middle of the park.
銅どう像ぞうを除じょ幕まくするto unveil a bronze statue
市し長ちょうが新あたらしい銅どう像ぞうを除じょ幕まくした。
The mayor unveiled the new bronze statue.

Kanji

銅copper
像statue, picture, image

Related words

石せき像ぞう
石像 is a statue made of stone, while 銅像 is specifically cast in bronze.
彫ちょう像ぞう
彫像 is a general term for any sculpted statue regardless of material, while 銅像 specifies bronze.
像ぞうN1
像 is the broad, material-neutral word for a statue or figure, while 銅像 narrows it down to bronze.

Don't confuse with

彫ちょう像ぞう
銅像 is a bronze statue made by casting, whereas 彫像 is made by carving material such as stone or wood.
偶ぐう像ぞうN1
銅像 is a bronze statue, usually of a historical or public figure, without necessarily being an object of worship, while 偶像 emphasizes veneration or idealized admiration.

Counted with

体たい
For statues, figures, dolls, and humanoid robots.
基き
For installed or mounted structures — statues, generators, reactors, graves, wind turbines.
躯く
Literary counter for Buddhist statues and images.

Etymology

Compound of 銅 (どう, 'copper, bronze') and 像 (ぞう, 'statue, image').