Ideographic: The sap 氵 of the varnish tree 桼; 桼 also provides the pronunciationRadical:

meaning for :

  • - paint
  • - lacquer
  • - Classifiers: 道
  • - to paint (furniture, walls etc)pitch-blackoil paints
  • - lacquer
  • - to paint
  • - Classifiers: 层 lacquerwareto spray paint or lacquer
  • - lacquerprimer