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Chinese symbol for “coating”

涂层
tú céng
Traditional: 塗層
protective layer; coating

The closest CC-CEDICT match for coating is 涂层 (tú céng), defined as: protective layer; coating.

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

涂 tú
to smear, to scribble, to daub; surname
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
层 céng
layer, floor, story, stratum
radical 44 ⼫ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “coating”

WordPinyinMeaning
覆膜fù mómembrane covering sth; coating

Related words

Other words that share a character with 涂层.

WordPinyinMeaning
糊涂 (糊塗)hú tumuddled; silly
涂鸦 (塗鴉)tú yāgraffiti; scrawl
涂料 (塗料)tú liàopaint
涂抹 (塗抹)tú mǒto paint; to smear
一塌糊涂 (一塌糊塗)yī tā hú tumuddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles
基层 (基層)jī céngbasic level; grassroots unit
层面 (層面)céng miànaspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc)
高层 (高層)gāo cénghigh-rise; high level; high class

See also: Japanese symbol for “coating”.

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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