镶嵌

Traditional form:

鑲嵌

Pinyin (reading):

xiāngqiàn

Definitions:

• to inlay
• to embed
• to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring)
• tiling
• tesselation

Characters:

• 镶 - inset, inlay; to set, to mount; to fill
• 嵌 - valley, ravine; to fall into; to inlay, to set in

Traditional characters:

• 鑲 - inset, inlay; to set, to mount; to fill
• 嵌 - valley, ravine; to fall into; to inlay, to set in