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Ink Black 墨 India ボク すみ すの Stick

Kanji
Onyomi ボク
Kunyomi すみ
Nanori すの
English black ink, India ink, ink stick, Mexico
Examples 墨(すみ): (1) sumi; India ink; Chinese ink; ink stick; ink-cake (2) squid ink; octopus ink (3) carpenter's inking string
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1616
Components 黑: black; dark; evil; sinister
土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey
Number of Strokes 14
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 32
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading つち・つちへん・どへん
Traditional Form
Classification 会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword black ink
Koohii Story 1 Theres BLACK on the GROUND...most likely someone spilt some black ink.
Koohii Story 2 Anyone who has worked with laserjet ink cartridges will know the black ink looks like powdered dirt.
RTK Index (new) 187

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000

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