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俑

yǒng
noun #56,068

Meanings

  1. 1 tomb figurine; burial statue (of a person)

Examples

兵马俑是中国古代艺术的奇迹。
Bīngmǎyǒng shì Zhōngguó gǔdài yìshù de qíjì.
The Terracotta Warriors are a wonder of ancient Chinese art.
考古学家从墓中出土了一些陶俑。
Kǎogǔxuéjiā cóng mù zhōng chūtǔ le yìxiē táoyǒng.
Archaeologists unearthed a number of pottery figurines from the tomb.

Tips

culture
Famous in 兵马俑 (bīngmǎyǒng, the Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang). Confucius condemned 始作俑者 (shǐzuòyǒngzhě), the first person to make burial figures; today the phrase means the originator of a bad practice.

Components

radical
亻 dānrénpáng
person
The side-person radical 亻 is essential to the meaning: a tomb figurine is a human-shaped figure made to stand in for a person.
phonetic
甬 yǒng
phonetic element
甬 gives the exact sound with no tone change. The same phonetic appears in 勇 (brave) and 涌 (to surge).

Stroke Order

俑 yǒng