Chinese symbol for “patina”
包浆
bāo jiāng
Traditional: 包漿
patina (sheen on the surface of an antique)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for patina is 包浆 (bāo jiāng), defined as: patina (sheen on the surface of an antique).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “patina”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 包浆.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 包括 | bāo kuò | to comprise; to include |
| 包含 | bāo hán | to contain; to embody |
| 包装 (包裝) | bāo zhuāng | to wrap; to package (goods etc); packaging; packing materials |
| 包围 (包圍) | bāo wéi | to surround; to encircle; to hem in |
| 面包 (麵包) | miàn bāo | bread; measure word: 片 (piàn), 块 (kuài) |
| 钱包 (錢包) | qián bāo | purse; wallet |
| 岩浆 (岩漿) | yán jiāng | (geology) magma |
| 血浆 (血漿) | xuè jiāng | blood plasma |
See also: Japanese symbol for “patina”.
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.