The kanji 塗: meaning, readings and stroke order
塗
- Meaning
- paint, spread
- On reading
- ト to
- Kun reading
- ぬ(る) nuru
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 土 earth
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- bôi, sơn (đồ)
- Japanese
- ぬる。
- Korean
- 바르다, 칠하다 (도)
- Chinese
- 涂、抹 (涂)
Readings, words and example sentences
ト to · on reading · less common
塗装
painting, coating
かべの 塗装を やりなおします。
They repaint the wall.
ぬ(る) nuru · kun reading
塗る
to spread, to paint
パンに バターを 塗ります。
I spread butter on bread.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.