Meanings

blotting out characters with ink

inkstone well

vermilion ink stick

artist

tattooing (as a form of punishment in ancient China)

tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one)

inking the outlines of a picture

eyebrow pencil

autographs (brushwork) of departed person

graphite

thin India ink

scented India ink

standard

Japan and Mexico

writers and artists

poets and artists

writing (especially of a Zen monk)

diametric opposites

landscape painting in black India ink

meeting place for calligraphers and painters