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Chinese symbol for “varnish”

凡立水
fán lì shuǐ
(loanword) varnish

The closest CC-CEDICT match for varnish is 凡立水 (fán lì shuǐ), defined as: (loanword) varnish.

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Characters and stroke order

凡 fán
any, every, all; common, ordinary
radical 16 ⼏ · 3 strokes
立 lì
to stand; to establish, to set up
radical 117 ⽴ · 5 strokes
水 shuǐ
water, liquid, lotion, juice
radical 85 ⽔ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “varnish”

WordPinyinMeaning
油光漆yóu guāng qīvarnish

Related words

Other words that share a character with 凡立水.

WordPinyinMeaning
凡是fán shìeach and every; every; all; any
平凡píng fáncommonplace; ordinary
非凡fēi fánout of the ordinary; unusually (good, talented etc)
凡事fán shìeverything
凡人fán rénordinary person; mortal
不凡bù fánextraordinary; remarkable; exceptional
建立jiàn lìto establish; to set up
成立chéng lìto establish; to set up
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “varnish”.

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.