The kanji 墨: meaning, readings and stroke order
墨
- Meaning
- ink, ink stick
- On reading
- ボク boku
- Kun reading
- すみ sumi
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 土 earth
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
- Old form
- 墨
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- mực tàu (mặc)
- Japanese
- すみ。しゅうじに つかう くろい もの。
- Korean
- 먹 (묵)
- Chinese
- 墨、墨汁
Readings, words and example sentences
ボク boku · on reading · less common
水墨画
ink painting
水墨画を かきます。
I make an ink painting.
すみ sumi · kun reading
墨
ink stick, ink (for calligraphy)
習字で 墨を すります。
We grind ink in calligraphy class.
Practise writing 墨 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 墨 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.