墨 — black ink, india ink, ink stick

すみ墨 black ink

すみ

U+58A8 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1616 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #187 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

black ink
india ink
ink stick
mexico

Readings

On'yomi: ぼく boku
Kun'yomi: すみ sumi

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すみ・ずみ sumi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

墨(すみ) sumi ink 入(い) れ墨(ずみ) irezumi tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one) お墨(すみ) 付(つ) き osumitsuki certificate

Words by frequency and grade

3 words

Each dot is a word containing 墨: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 2 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

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くろい黒 black

つち土 earth #32

黑 black

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#32 土 earth

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すみ・ずみ sumi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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墨 — black ink, india ink, ink stick

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Meanings

Readings

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すみ ・ずみ sumi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Words by frequency and grade

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

すみ・ずみ sumi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).