Kanji1 / 14
墨 kanji
black ink, India ink, ink stick, Mexico
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ボク
Kun readings
すみ
Variant forms
墨Words with 墨
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —墨跡writing (especially of a Zen monk); penmanship
- —墨場meeting place for calligraphers and painters
- —墨魚cuttlefish; squid
- —水墨water and ink; ink painting
- —墨家Mohism; Moism
- —墨譜pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
- —儒墨Confucianism and Mohism; Confucianism and the teachings of Mozi
- —孔墨Confucius and Mozi (ancient Chinese philosophers)
- —墨液India ink; China ink
- —淡墨pale Indian ink
- —墨汁嚢ink sac (in cephalopods)
- —文人墨客writers and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting and calligraphy
- —旧套墨守clinging to old customs; adhering to old traditions
- —墨痕淋漓in bold, vivid brush strokes
- —詩人墨客poets and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting, and calligraphy
- —水墨山水landscape painting in black India ink
- —米墨戦争Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
- —日墨学院Liceo Mexicano Japonés (Mexico)
- —墨蹟writing (especially of a Zen monk); penmanship