鎏 (liú): (bound form) gilded, variant of 鎦|镏

鎏 (liú) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) gilded.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 流 (phonetic) and 金 (semantic). It ranks #9999 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 鎏 gold. Its radical form 钅 (metal) appears in many related characters such as 金 (jīn, metal, gold), 钱 (qián, money), 银 (yín, silver, bank).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (bound form) gilded
  2. variant of 鎦|镏

Etymology & Origin

鎏

pictophoneticgold

Decomposition: ⿱流金 (layout: top-bottom)

Stroke Order

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Practice writing 鎏 with real-time feedback — trace each stroke in the correct order and build muscle memory in the HanziFeed app.

Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
鎏金liú jīnvariant of 鎦金|镏金
1
Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

鎏 appears in 1 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

中国新闻网·体育Oct 2026

何鎏 摄 机器人乐队表演亮相颁奖仪式现场。

hé liú shè jī qì rén lè duì biǎo yǎn liàng xiāng bān jiǎng yí shì xiàn chǎng .

Photo by He Liu: A robot band performs at the awards ceremony.

IT之家Jul 2026

其中, 鎏金版作为首发车型已上市 ,并随上市开启交付。

qí zhōng , liú jīn bǎn zuò wéi shǒu fā chē xíng yǐ shàng shì , bìng suí shàng shì kāi qǐ jiāo fù .

Among them, the Gilded Edition—the first model to be released—is now on the market, and deliveries have begun following its launch.

中国新闻网·文化May 2026

李贤夫妇墓出土的鎏金银壶,是一件颇负盛名的国宝级文物。

lǐ xián fū fù mù chū tǔ de liú jīn yín hú , shì yī jiàn pō fù shèng míng de guó bǎo jí wén wù .

The gilded silver pitcher unearthed from the tomb of Li Xian and his wife is a renowned national treasure.

中国新闻网·文化May 2026

北魏葡萄童子纹鎏金银高足杯。

běi wèi pú táo tóng zǐ wén liú jīn yín gāo zú bēi .

A gilded silver high-footed cup from the Northern Wei dynasty, decorated with a grape-and-boy motif.

中国新闻网·文化May 2026

内蒙古博物院藏的清代鎏金点翠凤冠是另一件焦点。

nèi méng gǔ bó wù yuàn zàng de qīng dài liú jīn diǎn cuì fèng guàn shì lìng yī jiàn jiāo diǎn .

Another highlight is the gilded and enameled phoenix crown from the Qing Dynasty, part of the Inner Mongolia Museum’s collection.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 金 (gold) component

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 鎏 (liú) mean in Chinese?
鎏 (liú) primarily means "(bound form) gilded." It is not part of the HSK 3.0 syllabus. It ranks #9999 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 鎏 have?
鎏 is written with 18 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 鎏?
The radical associated with 鎏 is 钅 (metal). This radical appears in many characters related to metal.
What are the components of 鎏?
鎏 is composed of: 流 (phonetic), 金 (semantic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱流金 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 鎏?
Common words with 鎏 include: 鎏金 (liú jīn, "variant of 鎦金|镏金"). There are over 1 compound words containing this character.
Is 鎏 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 鎏 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.