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沈金彫り (ちんきんぼり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

沈ちん金きん彫ぼり

ち

ん

き

ん

ぼ

り

Meanings

1

noun

gold-inlaid lacquerware

A traditional Japanese craft technique where carved grooves in lacquerware are filled with gold powder or leaf.

この沈ちん金きん彫ぼりの盆ぼんは、輪島塗わじまぬりの技ぎ法ほうで作つくられています。
This gold-inlaid lacquerware tray is made using the Wajima lacquer technique.
沈ちん金きん彫ぼりは、

漆しっ

器き

に

細ほそ

い

溝みぞ

を

彫ほ

り

、

そこ

に

金きん

粉ぷん

を

埋う

め

込こ

む

技ぎ

法ほう

です

。

Chinkin-bori is a technique where fine grooves are carved into lacquerware and filled with gold powder.

Written forms

沈ちん金きん彫ぼり
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana.
沈ちん金きん彫ぼり
Variant without okurigana; less common but still seen.

Kanji

沈sink, be submerged, subside
金gold
彫carve, engrave, chisel

Similar words

蒔まき絵え
Maki-e is a broader lacquer decoration technique where gold or silver powder is sprinkled onto wet lacquer to create designs, while chinkin-bori specifically involves carving grooves and inlaying gold.
輪島塗わじまぬり
Wajima-nuri is a famous style of lacquerware from Wajima, Ishikawa, which often features chinkin-bori as one of its decorative techniques.

Etymology

From 沈 (chin, 'sink') + 金 (kin, 'gold') + 彫り (bori, 'carving'), referring to the technique of carving into lacquer and inlaying gold.