Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "钿", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "钿", and master the standard way of writing the character "钿".
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钿 (鈿) diàn
1. To inlay metal or jewels into objects for decoration. Examples: 宝钿 (precious inlay), 螺钿 (mother-of-pearl inlay), 金钿 (gold inlay), 翠钿 (jade inlay).
2. An ancient type of jewelry inlaid with gold flowers.
钿 (鈿) diàn
1. A noun (形声): The original meaning refers to a "golden flower," a beautiful ornament made of gold. Synonymous with the original meaning (English: golden flower). Examples: 宝钿 (precious inlay), 金钿 (gold inlay), 钿朵 (a type of ancient women's jewelry, also known as flower inlay), 钿黛 (gold hairpin and indigo).
2. A verb (动):
- To inlay objects with gold, silver, or shells (English: lay with gold, silver, or shells).
Example: 钿尺 (a ruler inlaid with gold), 钿带 (a belt with golden decoration), 钿车 (a vehicle decorated with golden flowers), 钿合 (a small box inlaid with gold).
- Cushion (English: cushion).
- A figure mounted with a shell of a shell-fish: patterns inlaid with shells on wooden or lacquered objects.
- Also see tián.
钿 (鈿) tián
1. Money or coins.
2. Coins (like copper钿, foreign钿 [silver coin], or what's the value of several钿?).
钿 (鈿) tián
1. A noun: The original meaning refers to "golden flowers," often indicating women's jewelry.
2. A flower-like ornament made of gold, jade, pearls, etc. (English: a flower-like ornament).
3. A flower-shaped thin gold piece placed on the temples, also known as flower inlay (English: a flower-like foil).
4. Contains examples such as 钿黛 (flower inlay and shell), 钿蝉 (cicada-shaped gold), 钿窝 (the place on the cheek where flower inlay is placed), and 钿头 (flower inlay).
5. A dialectal term for coin (English: coin), often as in "copper 钿."
6. A dialectal term for money (English: money), with an example of asking how many 钿 (how much money).
7. Also see diàn.