TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
雕
雕 ＝ 周 ＋ 隹
ㄉㄧㄠ · diāo
verb — to carve, engrave; noun — a bird of prey, an eagle
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IFzhōu → diāo — the initial and rhyme both reshaped
隹義a bird
周 zhōu rides for the sound, worn toward diāo, beside a bird (隹). The old graph carries two tellings: a great raptor — the eagle that 雕 also names — or, borrowed from 彫, the patient cutting of a pattern into a surface — to carve (雕刻).
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
刻刀順著鳥（隹）的羽紋，一道一道把線條鑿進石面。
The blade follows the feather-lines of the bird (隹), cutting the pattern groove by groove into the stone.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)雕刻、雕琢— to carve, engrave常用
→雕像、冰雕— a statue, a carving
(假借)老雕— a great raptor, an eagle
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
彫diāothe carve-twin — 彫 marks the cut with strokes 彡, 雕 sets a bird beside 周zhōuthe sound donor, the left half