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Chinese symbol for “hardcover”

精装
jīng zhuāng
Traditional: 精裝
hardcover (book); elaborately packaged; opposite: 简装 (jiǎn zhuāng)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hardcover is 精装 (jīng zhuāng), defined as: hardcover (book); elaborately packaged; opposite: 简装 (jiǎn zhuāng).

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Characters and stroke order

精 jīng
essence, germ, spirit
radical 119 ⽶ · 14 strokes
装 zhuāng
dress, clothes, attire; to wear, to install
radical 145 ⾐ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 精装.

WordPinyinMeaning
精神jīng shénspirit; mind
精彩jīng cǎiwonderful; marvelous
精力jīng lìenergy (physical or mental)
精确 (精確)jīng quèaccurate; precise
精英jīng yīngcream; elite
武装 (武裝)wǔ zhuāngarms; equipment
装备 (裝備)zhuāng bèiequipment; to equip
安装 (安裝)ān zhuāngto install; to erect

See also: Japanese symbol for “hardcover”.

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.