嵌
2 readings · tap one to hear it
to inlay; to embed; Taiwan pr. [qian1]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 山 +9
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 嵌
- Common rank
- #3,458
- Unicode
- U+5D4C
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 嵌
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嵌入式衣柜 | built-in closet | |
| 嵌入式 | (electronics) embedded | |
| 赤嵌楼 | Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan (also written 赤崁樓|赤崁楼[Chi4 kan3 … | |
| 嵌入 | to insert; to embed | |
| 嵌进 | embedded; embedding | |
| 嵌套 | nested; nesting | |
| 镶嵌 | to inlay; to embed; to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring); tiling; tesselation |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 欠 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欠 sound part | to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn | |
| 软 | soft, pliable, flexible; weak | |
| 吹 | to blow, to puff; to brag, to boast | |
| 饮 | to swallow, to drink; a kind of drink | |
| 坎 | pit, hole; to trap, to snare; crisis | |
| 钦 | to respect, to admire; royal | |
| 砍 | to hack, to chop, to cut, to fell | |
| 炊 | meal; to cook, to steam | |
| 芡 | Gorgon plant, fox nut | |
| 欿 | sad, gloomy, discontent | |
| 肷 | the area between the waist and hips |