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墨
JLPT N1 14 strokes Frequency: #1616

Meanings

Black Ink, India Ink, Ink Stick, Mexico

Radicals

土

Decomposition

⿱黑土

Etymology

Ideographic: Chalk made from black 黑 earth 土

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 14

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left
2 corner right-to-left
3 horizontal bottom-left-to-top-right
4 horizontal bottom-to-top
5 vertical right-to-left
6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
7 horizontal bottom-to-top
8 dot bottom-to-top
9 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
10 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
11 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
12 horizontal bottom-to-top
13 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
14 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ボク boku
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
すみ sumi

Words Using This Kanji

72 words total
Other (20 words)
古墨 こぼく

old ink stick

水墨画 すいぼくが

India-ink painting

白墨 はくぼく

(piece of) chalk

筆墨 ひつぼく

stationery

墨 すみ

sumi

墨汁 ぼくじゅう

India ink

墨染めの衣 すみぞめのころも

priest's black robe

墨付き すみつき

certificate

墨画 ぼくが

India-ink drawing

墨書 ぼくしょ

writing in India ink

墨染め衣 すみぞめごろも

priest's black robe

墨付け すみつけ

blackening the face

墨糸 すみいと

inked marking string

墨色 すみいろ

ink black

墨つぼ すみつぼ

ink line

墨守 ぼくしゅ

adherence (to custom, tradition)

墨染め すみぞめ

dyeing black

墨堤 ぼくてい

banks of the Sumida river

墨絵 すみえ

ink painting

靴墨 くつずみ

shoe polish

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