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塗工 (とこう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

塗と工こう

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Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

coating; application of a coating

printing

Technical term used in printing and paper manufacturing for applying a coating layer. Also used as a suru-verb.

この用よう紙しには特とく殊しゅな塗と工こうが施ほどこされている。
This paper has a special coating applied.

印いん刷さつ前まえに紙かみに塗と工こうする工こう程ていがある。

There is a process of coating the paper before printing.

Written forms

塗と工こうUsage92%
Standard kanji form for this technical term.
とこうUsage8%
Kana spelling may be used in informal contexts or when the kanji are not needed.

Kanji

塗paint, plaster, daub
工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

Similar words

コーティング
コーティング is a more general loanword for coating, while 塗工 is specifically used in printing and paper contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 塗 (to, 'apply, paint') and 工 (kō, 'work, process'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with coating processes in printing.