漆 — Chinese character
漆
qī
varnish, lacquer; paint
- Pinyin
- qī
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 氵 桼
- Formation
- ideographic — The sap 氵 of the varnish tree 桼; 桼 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 漆 as a kanji
Common words with 漆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 油漆 | yóu qī | oil paints; lacquer |
| 漆黑 | qī hēi | pitch-black |
| 喷漆 (噴漆) | pēn qī | to spray paint or lacquer; lacquer |
| 漆器 | qī qì | lacquerware |
| 底漆 | dǐ qī | primer |
| 漆树 (漆樹) | qī shù | lac tree (Rhus vernicifera) |
| 生漆 | shēng qī | raw lacquer |
| 如胶似漆 (如膠似漆) | rú jiāo sì qī | stuck together as by glue (of lovers); joined at the hip |
| 朱漆 | zhū qī | (traditional) red paint; red lacquer |
| 雕漆 | diāo qī | carved lacquerware |
| 金漆 | jīn qī | copper paint; fake gold leaf |
| 漆弹 (漆彈) | qī dàn | paintball (sports) |
English words written with 漆
漆 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Art of War 1 · Zhuangzi 4
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.