鍍金

See also: 镀金

Chinese

‑plated; to plate metal; gold; money
trad. (鍍金)
simp. (镀金)

Pronunciation


Verb

鍍金

  1. to gild; to gold plate
  2. (figuratively) to attach a golden facade, especially to go overseas to study to polish one's qualifications (despite lacking the actual abilities)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
めっき
Hyōgaiji
Grade: 1
Irregular

Alteration of 滅金 (metsukin, gold-mercury amalgam used in plating).[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

鍍金 (hiragana めっき, katakana メッキ, rōmaji mekki)

  1. plating, gilding
  2. pretense

Verb

鍍金する (suru conjugation, hiragana めっきする, katakana メッキする, rōmaji mekki suru)

  1. plate
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Hyōgaiji
きん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Middle Chinese 鍍金

Pronunciation

Noun

鍍金 (hiragana ときん, rōmaji tokin)

  1. plating, gilding

Verb

鍍金する (suru conjugation, hiragana ときんする, rōmaji tokin suru)

  1. plate
Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

鍍金 (dogeum) (hangeul 도금)

  1. Hanja form? of 도금 (plating, gilding).
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