Moto 墨: Black Ink; India Ink; Ink StickKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ボク
- Kun'yomi
- すみ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 94 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ボク)
- 墨書ぼくしょwriting in India ink
- 水墨画すいぼくがIndia-ink painting
- 儒墨じゅぼくConfucianism and Mohism; Confucianism and the teachings of Mozi
- 古墨こぼくold ink stick
- 墨刑ぼっけいtattooing (form of punishment in ancient China)
- 墨堤ぼくていbanks of the Sumida river
- 墨場ぼくじょうmeeting place for calligraphers and painters
- 墨守ぼくしゅadherence (to custom, tradition)
- 墨客ぼっかくartist; writer
- 墨家ぼっかmohist; follower of mohism
- 墨汁ぼくじゅうIndia ink; China ink
- 墨汁嚢ぼくじゅうのうink sac (in cephalopods)
- 墨池ぼくちinkstone well; inkhorn
- 墨画ぼくがIndia-ink drawing
- 墨痕ぼっこんink marks; handwriting
- 墨痕淋漓ぼっこんりんりdripping ink marks; a work of calligraphy being written in bold and vivid strokes
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 墨すみsumi; India ink
- 墨付きすみつきcertificate; certified document
- 入れ墨いれずみtattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
- 墨絵すみえink painting
- お墨付きおすみつきcertificate; certified document
- イカの墨イカのすみsquid's ink
- 中墨なかずみcentre line (usu. in buildings, joinery, etc.); center line
- 伊寿墨いすずみbrassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)
- 伊須墨いすずみbrassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)
- 入れ墨者いれずみものperson who has been tattooed as a punishment for a crime (Edo period)
- 唐墨からすみChinese ink
- 墨つぎすみつぎresuming writing after adding more ink to one's brush
- 墨つぼすみつぼink line; tool for marking long, straight lines on flat surfaces
- 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; walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble
- 墨は餓鬼に磨らせ筆は鬼に持たせよすみはがきにすらせふではおににもたせよgrind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously; let the hungry ghost grind your inkstick, let the ogre hold your brush
- 墨ベタすみベタstandard black (in printing); plain black
- 墨付けすみつけblackening the face
- 墨付け正月すみつけしょうがつevent where young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Little New Year in the San'in region
- 墨付鮫すみつきざめwhitecheek shark (Carcharhinus dussumieri, species of the Indo-West Pacific)
- 墨入れすみいれinkpot; ink bottle
- 墨壷すみつぼink line; tool for marking long, straight lines on flat surfaces
- 墨壺すみつぼink line; tool for marking long, straight lines on flat surfaces
- 墨字すみじprinted characters (as opposed to Braille)
- 墨描きすみがきinking the outlines of a picture
- 墨書きすみがきinking the outlines of a picture
- 墨染めすみぞめdyeing black; dyed black
- 墨染めの衣すみぞめのころもpriest's black robe
- 墨染め衣すみぞめごろもpriest's black robe
- 墨流しすみながしmarbling print; paper marbling
- 墨消しすみけしblotting out characters with ink
- 墨版すみはんkey block (in woodblock printmaking)
- 墨糸すみいとinked marking string
- 墨絵風すみえふうink painting style
- 墨継ぎすみつぎresuming writing after adding more ink to one's brush
- 墨縄すみなわinked marking string
Other readings
- 墨西哥メキシコMexico
- イカ墨いかすみsquid ink
- 亜墨利加アメリカAmerica
- 入墨者いれずみものperson who has been tattooed as a punishment for a crime (Edo period)
- 墨は餓鬼に磨らせ、筆は鬼に持たせよすみはがきにすらせふではおににもたせよgrind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously; let the hungry ghost grind your inkstick, let the ogre hold your brush
- 墨流蝶すみながしAsian constable (species of butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus)
- 墨浮鮴すみうきごりfloating goby (Gymnogobius petschiliensis)
- 墨烏賊すみいかgolden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta)
- 墨継すみつぎresuming writing after adding more ink to one's brush
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