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Kanji Detail for 鍍 - "plating"

  • Meaning

    鍍 means "plating."

    1. Plating - Coating the surface of metal with another thin layer of metal.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    plating; gilding

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    plate, coat, gild

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to plate (with gold, silver etc); (prefix) -plated

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To plate objects with metal. The old method was to stick gold leaf onto the surface of copper or iron objects and heat them to fuse. This is called 鍍金 (gilding). Today, electroplating is mostly used. Gold, silver, copper, nickel, and the like can all be electrified to fuse with other metals.
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