镶
xiāng · HSK 7
to inlay
💍 钅(metal) + 襄 (xiāng) — metal radical because you inlay gems and gold into a setting
The 钅 metal radical fits inlaying: gems and precious metal get embedded into a frame or border. The right side 襄 (xiāng) carries the sound.
镶 — metal radical 钅 + 襄 (xiāng, phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The metal radical 钅 (金) signals the meaning—originally the metal lining or rim set into an object—while 襄 supplies the xiāng sound. Over time the meaning broadened from 'inlay metal' to inlaying or setting any material, such as gems into a frame.