Chinese symbol for “inlay”
镶
xiāng
Traditional: 鑲
to inlay; to embed; ridge; border
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inlay is 镶 (xiāng), defined as: to inlay; to embed; ridge; border.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “inlay”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 镶.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 镶嵌 (鑲嵌) | xiāng qiàn | to inlay; to embed |
| 镶边 (鑲邊) | xiāng biān | edge; border |
| 镶牙 (鑲牙) | xiāng yá | to have a false tooth set in; denture |
| 镶金 (鑲金) | xiāng jīn | gilded; inlaid with gold |
See also: Japanese symbol for “inlay”.
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.