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    2. Kanji
    3. 墨

    墨

    墨すみ

    black ink

    N1KMT9Freq #1616Art & DesignKanji14 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    すみ

    On'yomi

    ボク

    Nanori

    すの

    black inkIndia inkink stickMexico

    黒土

    日
    里
    黒
    灬
    火
    土

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    埋墅増墓塢境塲熱埋塢墅熱壗貍黙

    Concepts using this kanji

    墨

    sumi

    入れ墨

    tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one)

    水墨画

    India-ink painting

    お墨付き

    certificate

    墨西哥

    Mexico

    墨書

    writing in India ink

    墨絵

    ink painting

    日墨学院

    Liceo Mexicano Japonés (Mexico)

    水墨山水

    landscape painting in black India ink

    入墨者

    person who has been tattooed as a punishment for a crime (Edo period)

    文人墨客

    writers and artists

    米墨戦争

    Mexican-American War (1846-1848)

    中墨

    centre line (usu. in buildings, joinery, etc.)

    墨付け正月

    event in which young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Koshōgatsu (in the San'in region)

    日墨

    Japan and Mexico

    墨入れ

    inkpot

    水墨

    water and ink

    墨場

    meeting place for calligraphers and painters

    石墨

    graphite

    墨家

    Mohism

    墨画

    India-ink drawing

    墨書き

    inking the outlines of a picture

    古墨

    old ink stick

    詩人墨客

    poets and artists

    墨流し

    marbling print

    墨消し

    blotting out characters with ink

    白墨

    (piece of) chalk

    墨字

    printed characters (as opposed to Braille)

    墨守

    adherence (to custom, tradition)

    墨付き

    certificate

    墨付け

    blackening the face

    墨客

    artist

    油墨

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

    墨絵風

    ink painting style

    赤墨

    vermillion stick

    墨色

    ink black

    青墨

    indigo wax shaped as an inkstick

    墨に染まれば黒くなる

    people are formed by their surroundings

    墨刑

    tattooing (as a form of punishment in ancient China)

    墨池

    inkstone well

    墨版

    key block (in woodblock printmaking)

    伊寿墨

    brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)

    遺墨

    autographs (brushwork) of departed person

    墨染め

    dyeing black

    墨継ぎ

    resuming writing after adding more ink to one's brush

    旧套墨守

    clinging to old customs

    墨染めの衣

    priest's black robe

    墨染め衣

    priest's black robe

    墨跡

    writing (especially of a Zen monk)

    墨袋

    ink sac (in cephalopods)

    墨摺り

    woodblock printing done with black ink only

    芳墨

    scented India ink

    墨液

    India ink

    縄墨

    standard

    筆墨

    stationery

    雪と墨

    diametric opposites

    墨流蝶

    Asian constable (species of butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus)

    墨魚

    cuttlefish

    薄墨

    thin India ink

    濃墨

    thick India ink

    墨糸

    inked marking string

    淡墨

    pale Indian ink

    墨ベタ

    standard black (in printing)

    墨つぼ

    ink line

    イカ墨

    squid ink

    イカの墨

    squid ink

    朱墨

    vermilion ink stick

    墨付鮫

    whitecheek shark (Carcharhinus dussumieri)

    靴墨

    shoe polish

    唐墨

    Chinese ink

    墨汁

    India ink

    墨堤

    banks of the Sumida river

    孔墨

    Confucius and Mozi (ancient Chinese philosophers)

    鍋墨

    soot on the bottom of a pot or pan

    釣鐘墨

    bell-shaped inkstick made from pine soot and wax

    墨痕

    ink marks

    墨浮鮴

    floating goby (Gymnogobius petschiliensis)

    眉墨

    eyebrow pencil

    墨譜

    pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

    蜜墨

    Mitsui Sumitomo credit card

    墨は餓鬼に磨らせ、筆は鬼に持たせよ

    grind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously

    藍墨

    indigo wax shaped as an inkstick

    儒墨

    Confucianism and Mohism

    墨烏賊

    golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta)

    墨汁嚢

    ink sac (in cephalopods)

    翰墨

    brush and ink

    墨痕淋漓

    in bold, vivid brush strokes

    墨繩

    inked marking string

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    • 土
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    • 灬
    • 火
    • 里
    • 黒

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    • お墨付き
    • 墨西哥
    • 翰墨
    • 靴墨
    • 古墨
    • 水墨画
    • 白墨
    • 筆墨
    • 墨
    • 墨画
    • 墨絵
    • 墨痕
    • 墨糸
    • 墨守
    • 墨汁
    • 墨書
    • 墨消し
    • 墨色
    • 墨染め
    • 墨染めの衣
    • 墨染め衣
    • 墨池
    • 墨つぼ
    • 墨堤
    • 墨付き
    • 墨付け
    • 墨繩
    • 墨客
    • 墨刑
    • 朱墨
    • 入れ墨
    • 墨書き
    • 眉墨
    • 遺墨
    • 石墨
    • 鍋墨
    • 薄墨
    • 芳墨
    • 唐墨
    • 縄墨
    • 日墨
    • 文人墨客
    • 詩人墨客
    • 旧套墨守
    • 墨痕淋漓
    • 墨跡
    • 雪と墨
    • 水墨山水
    • 墨場
    • 墨烏賊
    • イカ墨
    • 米墨戦争
    • イカの墨
    • 墨汁嚢
    • 墨絵風
    • 赤墨
    • 墨付鮫
    • 墨浮鮴
    • 墨魚
    • 水墨
    • 墨家
    • 中墨
    • 墨流し
    • 墨流蝶
    • 伊寿墨
    • 藍墨
    • 墨袋
    • 墨付け正月
    • 墨は餓鬼に磨らせ、筆は鬼に持たせよ
    • 墨譜
    • 墨入れ
    • 入墨者
    • 墨ベタ
    • 儒墨
    • 孔墨
    • 墨に染まれば黒くなる
    • 墨版
    • 墨字
    • 墨継ぎ
    • 墨摺り
    • 青墨
    • 釣鐘墨
    • 墨液
    • 濃墨
    • 蜜墨
    • 油墨
    • 淡墨
    • 日墨学院

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