薄膜

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 薄膜(はくまく) means a thin film or layer.
• Basic usage: It appears in descriptions of forming a film on glass or measuring a layer covering a sample.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The reading of 薄
  • Unlike the adjective 薄い(うすい), meaning thin, the character 薄 is read はく in this word.