俑 (yǒng): wooden figures buried with the dead
俑 (yǒng) is a Chinese character meaning “wooden figures buried with the dead.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 甬 (phonetic). It ranks #3506 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 俑 person. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 你 (nǐ, you), 他 (tā, he).
Definitions
- wooden figures buried with the dead
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 始作俑者phrase | shǐ zuò yǒng zhě | (lit.) the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom) |
| 兵马俑noun | bīng mǎ yǒng | figurines of warriors and horses buried with the dead |
| 陶俑noun | táo yǒng | a pottery figurine buried with the dead |
| 俑坑 | yǒng kēng | pit with funerary figures |
俑 appears in 4 compound words: 25 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
秦兵马俑二号坑展厅完成展陈提升
qín bīng mǎ yǒng èr hào kēng zhǎn tīng wán chéng zhǎn chén tí shēng
Exhibition Upgrade Completed at the Pit No. 2 Exhibition Hall of the Terracotta Army
庆州出土的唐式官服陶俑、彩色釉陶三足炉等文物,是这种文化交流的生动见证。
qìng zhōu chū tǔ de táng shì guān fú táo yǒng , cǎi sè yòu táo sān zú lú děng wén wù , shì zhè zhǒng wén huà jiāo liú de shēng dòng jiàn zhèng .
Artifacts unearthed in Gyeongju—such as Tang-style official attire terracotta figurines and three-legged incense burners with colored glaze—serve as vivid testimony to this cultural exchange.
墓葬中出土了16件三彩器,包括镇墓兽、天王俑、女俑、男俑、骆驼、马、塔式罐、灯台等。
mù zàng zhōng chū tǔ le 1 6 jiàn sān cǎi qì , bāo kuò zhèn mù shòu , tiān wáng yǒng , nǚ yǒng , nán yǒng , luò tuó , mǎ , tǎ shì guàn , dēng tái děng .
Sixteen sancai vessels were unearthed from the tomb, including tomb-guarding beasts, figurines of the Four Heavenly Kings, female figurines, male figurines, camels, horses, pagoda-shaped jars, and lampstands.
他认为,冰川快速融化是全球暖化与气候变迁的后果,但气候变迁的始作俑者并不是尼泊尔。
tā rèn wéi , bīng chuān kuài sù róng huà shì quán qiú nuǎn huà yǔ qì hòu biàn qiān de hòu guǒ , dàn qì hòu biàn qiān de shǐ zuò yǒng zhě bìng bù shì ní bó ěr .
He believes that the rapid melting of glaciers is a consequence of global warming and climate change, but Nepal is not the cause of climate change.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 亻 (person) component
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