漆 qī varnish
varnish; lacquer; paint
怎么记住“漆”: 氵 water + 桼 lacquer = varnish. Grandpa rinses his brush in water, dips it in red lacquer and gives the old chair a shiny coat of varnish.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
漆 = 氵 water + 桼 lacquer
- 氵 water meaning
- 桼 lacquer sound
Grandpa rinses his brush in water, dips it in red lacquer and gives the old chair a shiny coat of varnish.
How it came to be
The word for lacquer was first written with the lacquer sign alone; water was added later.
用法
- Lacquer/paint, and to paint: 油漆 (yóuqī) paint, 喷漆 (pēnqī) to spray-paint, 漆器 (qīqì) lacquerware.
- 漆黑 (qīhēi) means pitch-black, as dark as lacquer: 漆黑一片 (qīhēi yípiàn) totally dark.