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Chinese symbol for “bronze”

烫金
tàng jīn
Traditional: 燙金
(printing) to stamp with gold foil; to bronze

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bronze is 烫金 (tàng jīn), defined as: (printing) to stamp with gold foil; to bronze.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

烫 tàng
to scald; to iron clothes or hair
radical 86 ⽕ · 10 strokes
金 jīn
gold, metal; money
radical 167 ⾦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 烫金.

WordPinyinMeaning
烫伤 (燙傷)tàng shāngto scald
滚烫 (滾燙)gǔn tàngboiling hot
烫手山芋 (燙手山芋)tàng shǒu shān yù(fig.) hot potato
烫发 (燙髮)tàng fàperm (hairstyle)
熨烫 (熨燙)yùn tàngto iron (clothes)
烫手 (燙手)tàng shǒuburning hot to touch
资金 (資金)zī jīnfunds; capital
金融jīn róngbanking; finance

See also: Japanese symbol for “bronze”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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