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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 (12 words)

墨に染まれば黒くなるすみにそまればくろくなる

people are formed by their surroundings

墨版すみはん

key block (in woodblock printmaking)

墨字すみじ

printed characters (as opposed to Braille)

墨継ぎすみつぎ

resuming writing after adding more ink to one's brush

釣鐘墨つりがねずみ

bell-shaped inkstick made from pine soot and wax

青墨あおずみ

indigo wax shaped as an inkstick

thick India ink

India ink

pale Indian ink

pomade mixed with lampblack (used for kabuki makeup, etc.)

日墨学院にちぼくがくいん

Liceo Mexicano Japonés (Mexico)

お墨付きおすみつき

certificate

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