• 彫ほる — to carve; to engrave; to chisel
• 彫刻ちょうこく — sculpture; carving
• 木彫きぼり — wood carving
• 浮うき彫ぼり — relief carving; something brought into sharp relief
• 彫像ちょうぞう — sculpted statue

On the right, the radical 彡 suggests decorative lines or patterns. Combined with the left part, which hints at a hand and tool, 彫 gives the sense of cutting patterned lines into a surface — the basic motion behind engraving and sculpture.