嵌 Stroke Order — How to Write 嵌

Stroke Order

嵌 is written in 12 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 山, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

嵌 Radical and Character Components

Components:山甘欠

嵌 is a phono-semantic compound: 山 (mountain) carries the meaning, while 欠 indicates the sound.

Radical: 山 + 9 more strokes

嵌 Pronunciation and Pinyin

qiàn
kàn

Meanings of 嵌 in Chinese

qiàn嵌

To embed; to inlay; to set (something into a gap or recess).

这枚戒指上镶嵌着一颗璀璨的钻石。

This ring is inlaid with a brilliant diamond.

kàn嵌

Used in the place name 'Chìkàn' (赤嵌), a historical site in Taiwan.

赤嵌楼是台南著名的历史建筑。

Chìkàn Tower is a famous historical building in Tainan.

Common Words and Phrases with 嵌

qiàn嵌fèng缝

The process of filling and sealing gaps or joints, typically in construction, using materials like mortar, cement, or other fillers to make them tight, watertight, or pressure-resistant; often referred to as filleting or caulking.

工人正在给新建筑的窗户边缘进行嵌缝，以确保其防水性。

The workers are caulking the edges of the new building's windows to ensure their watertightness.

qiàn嵌hé合

An immovable joint, such as a tooth fitting into a bony socket (gomphosis); also, a masonry technique where stones interlock between courses to prevent sliding.

牙齿通过嵌合的方式牢固地固定在牙槽骨中。

Teeth are firmly fixed in the alveolar bone by gomphosis.

qiàn嵌huā花

To tessellate or decorate with small pieces of marble or mosaic.

博物馆里收藏着一幅精美的嵌花壁画，描绘了古代神话故事。

The museum houses a magnificent mosaic mural depicting ancient mythological stories.

qiàn嵌píng平

To make something level or even with a surrounding surface; to flush.

工人师傅将新安装的窗框与墙面嵌平，确保表面光滑整齐。

The craftsman made the newly installed window frame flush with the wall, ensuring a smooth and neat surface.

qiàn嵌rù入

To embed or implant something firmly within another thing.

这块宝石被精心地嵌入了项链。

The gemstone was carefully embedded into the necklace.

qiàn嵌tiáo条

A strip or narrow piece of material, often flat or concave, used for various purposes such as decoration, separation between surfaces, or structural reinforcement, like a fillet in architecture, a panel strip in furniture, or a slug in printing.