# 塑

| 塑 | U+5851, &#22609; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5851 |
| ← 塐 [U+5850] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 塒 → [U+5852] |

## Translingual
### Han character

塑 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿月土 (TBG), four-corner 8710$_4$, composition ⿱朔土)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 235, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5328
* Dae Jaweon: page 473, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 474, character 4
* Unihan data for U+5851

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 斥 | *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡs, *ŋ̊ʰjaːɡ |
| 訴 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 泝 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 愬 | *sŋaːɡs, *sŋreːɡ |
| 遡 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 塑 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 溯 | *sŋaːɡs |
| 遻 | *ŋaːɡs |
| 柝 | *tŋ̊ʰaːɡ |
| 鶚 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 諤 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 齶 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鍔 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 遌 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 崿 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 偔 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 堮 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 湂 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鱷 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 噩 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 咢 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鑩 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鄂 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 鰐 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 萼 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 愕 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 顎 | *ŋaːɡ |
| 朔 | *sŋraːɡ |
| 槊 | *sraːwɢ |
| 蒴 | *sraːwɢ |
| 坼 | *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ |
| 拆 | *tŋ̊ʰraːɡ |
| 逆 | *ŋraɡ |
| 屰 | *ŋraɡ |
| 縌 | *ŋraɡ |
| 蝷 | *reːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sŋaːɡs) : phonetic 朔 (OC *sŋraːɡ) + semantic 土 (“earth”).

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): sù, suò (su$^4$, suo$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ, ㄙㄨㄛˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): su$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sou$^3$ / sok$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu$^1$ / sok$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): su$^4$ / soh$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sok / chok
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sog$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): su$^3$ / sueh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): su̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): só
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sok / sò͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): suag$^4$ / sog$^4$ / su$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$soq; $^5$su
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): so$^6$ / sou$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sù
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sù
*** Wade–Giles: su$^4$
*** Yale: sù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suh
*** Palladius: су (su)
*** Sinological IPA : /su⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: suò
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: suò
*** Wade–Giles: so$^4$
*** Yale: swò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoh
*** Palladius: со (so)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯ɔ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: su$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: su
*** Sinological IPA : /su²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sou$^3$ / sok$^3$
*** Yale: sou / sok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sou$^3$ / sok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sou$^3$ / sog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sou̯³³/, /sɔːk̚³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhu$^1$ / sok$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬu³³/, /sɔk̚⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: su$^4$ / soh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /su³⁵/, /sɔʔ⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sok / chok
*** Hakka Romanization System: sog$^ˋ$ / zog$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sog$^5$ / zog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /sok̚²/, /t͡sok̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɔk̚¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: su$^3$ / sueh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /su⁴⁵/, /suəʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: su̿
*** Sinological IPA : /su³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: só
*** Sinological IPA : /sou²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok / sò͘
*** Tâi-lô: sok / sòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sog, sox
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sɔk̚³²/, /sɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔk̚⁵/, /sɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²/, /sɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sɔk̚³²/, /sɔ¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔk̚³²/, /sɔ²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: suag$^4$ / sog$^4$ / su$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suak / sok / sù
*** Sinological IPA : /suak̚²/, /sok̚²/, /su²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$soq; $^5$su
*** MiniDict: soh$^入$; su$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$soq; $^2$su
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /soʔ⁵⁵/, /su³⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: so$^6$ / sou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /so²⁴/, /səu̯⁴⁵/
* Middle Chinese: suH
Rime :
| Character | 塑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 桑故切 |
| Baxter | suH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /suo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /suo$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /so$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sɔ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /so$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /su$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /suo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sou$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sŋaːɡs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 塑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9446 |
| Phonetic component | 屰 |
| Rime group | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 訴 |
| Old Chinese | /*sŋaːɡs/ |

### Definitions

塑
* to mould; to model
    From: 2007, 余遠淳 (Yenn Chwen Er), 懇求聖靈來 (May Your Spirit Come)
    Qiú nǐ sù wǒ gèxìng, qiú nǐ xùn wǒ xīnyì, ràng wǒ hào liánmǐn gōngyì, shíshí yǔ nǐ tóngxíng. [Pinyin]
    May you mould my character, may you take control of my intentions, so that I may love mercy and justice and walk with you always.
* plastic

### Compounds

* 可塑性 (kěsùxìng)
* 塑像 (sùxiàng)
* 塑性 (sùxìng)
* 塑性加工
* 塑料
* 塑膠／塑胶 (sùjiāo)
* 塑膠工業／塑胶工业
* 塑膠布／塑胶布
* 塑膠炸彈／塑胶炸弹
* 塑膠玻璃／塑胶玻璃
* 塑膠花／塑胶花
* 塑膠袋／塑胶袋 (sùjiāodài)
* 塑膠貨幣／塑胶货币
* 塑身 (sùshēn)
* 塑造 (sùzào)
* 塑鋼／塑钢
* 壁塑
* 夾彩塑／夹彩塑
* 工程塑膠／工程塑胶
* 彩塑 (cǎisù)
* 影塑
* 捏塑
* 捻塑
* 敷彩泥塑
* 木雕泥塑
* 模塑成形
* 氟塑料
* 氟碳塑膠／氟碳塑胶
* 注塑 (zhùsù)
* 泥塑
* 泥塑木雕
* 泡沫塑膠／泡沫塑胶
* 皮塑
* 重塑 (chóngsù)
* 陶塑 (táosù)
* 雕塑 (diāosù)
* 雕塑家 (diāosùjiā)
* 非塑性
* 麵塑／面塑

### References

* “塑”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: す (su)
* Kan-on: そ (so, Jōyō)
* Kun: でく (deku, 塑)

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [sʰo̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [소]

### Hanja

Wikisource 塑 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

塑: Hán Nôm readings: tố
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