Chinese character 珐

It contributes the sense of enamel in Chinese compounds. The common word 珐琅 means enamel or an enamel coating.

珐琅 is a sound-based borrowing. Museum records list older written forms including 佛郎 and 法蓝.

Cloisonné enamel uses thin wires to make compartments filled with enamel. A National Museum account traces the technique into China from Arab regions and records a Ming-era example. Qing-era court workshops used 珐琅彩 for enamel-painted porcelain; 掐丝珐琅 names this wire-inlaid craft, also called 景泰蓝. In dental writing, 珐琅质 means tooth enamel, the hard outer layer of a tooth.