镶
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to inlay; to embed; ridge; border
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 22
- Radical
- 金 +17
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鑲
- Common rank
- #3,807
- Unicode
- U+9576
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
inlay · Heisig RSH #2563
metal + pigeon coop
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 镶
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正镶白旗 | Plain and Bordered White banner or Shuluun Hövööt Chagaan khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟… | |
| 镶黄旗 | Bordered Yellow banner or Hövööt Shar khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1… | |
| 镶金 | gilded; inlaid with gold | |
| 镶边 | edge; border; to edge (with lace, embroidery etc) | |
| 镶牙 | to have a false tooth set in; denture | |
| 镶嵌 | to inlay; to embed; to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring); tiling; tesselation |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 襄 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 襄 sound part | to aid, to help, to assist; to undress | |
| 囊 | bag, purse, sack; to pocket, to stow | |
| 攘 | to usurp, to seize; to repel | |
| 壤 | soil, loam, earth; rich | |
| 嚷 | to shout, to roar, to cry; to brawl | |
| 瓤 | flesh, core, pith, pulp | |
| 穰 | stalks of grain; lush, abundant | |
| 骧 | to gallop about with the head uplifted | |
| 蘘 | wild ginger | |
| 曩 | ancient times; former; old |