漆書

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Chinese

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paint; lacquer book; letter
trad. (漆書)
simp. (漆书)

Etymology

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From an ancient method of transcribing texts. Despite the name, "lacquer writing" was actually written in black ink; they were only given this name because the radiance of the glossy black characters written in ink is suggestive of lacquer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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漆書

  1. (historical) lacquer writing; lacquer edition
  2. (historical, calligraphy) lacquer script

Verb

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漆書

  1. (literary) to write in lacquer