paint

lacquer; CL:道[dao4]; to paint (furniture, walls etc)

liquid (氵) + lacquer tree (桼) = paint or lacquer

桼 depicts a lacquer tree being tapped, with droplets of resin dripping from cuts in the bark. The water radical reinforces that this is a liquid substance — the glossy, flowing sap harvested for coating surfaces.

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The lacquer tree being tapped for its resinSemantic
WaterSemantic

这把椅子的快掉了。

zhè bǎ yǐ zi de qī kuài diào le。

The paint on this chair is about to peel off.

工人正在给墙壁刷

gōng rén zhèng zài gěi qiáng bì shuā qī。

The workers are painting the walls.

Words with 漆

金漆

jīn qī

copper paint

雕漆

diāo qī

carved lacquerware

黑漆麻花

hēi qī má huā

pitch-dark; coal black

一团漆黑

yī tuán qī hēi

pitch-dark

乳胶漆

rǔ jiāo qī

latex paint

光漆

guāng qī

gloss paint; glossy varnish; gloss-finish coating

喷漆

pēn qī

to spray paint or lacquer

如胶似漆

rú jiāo sì qī

stuck together as by glue (of lovers)

底漆

dǐ qī

primer

掉漆

diào qī

to peel off (paint)

朱漆

zhū qī

(traditional) red paint

油光漆

yóu guāng qī

varnish

More characters with 氵