塗
paint; plaster; daub; smear; coating
13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1414.
Readings
- ぬり (kun reading): 塗り (ぬり) coating (esp. lacquering); 色塗り (いろぬり) coloring (in; e.g. a drawing)
- ぬる (kun reading): 塗る (ぬる) to paint; 血塗る (ちぬる) to smear with blood
- ト (on reading): 塗装 (とそう) coating; 塗料 (とりょう) paint
- まみれる (kun reading): 塗れる (まみれる) to be smeared; 一敗地に塗れる (いっぱいちにまみれる) to meet with a crushing defeat
Components
- 涂
- 土
- 一 radical one
- 亅 radical hook
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 𠆢 radical person roof
- 土 radical earth
- ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水
- 木 radical tree
Words using 塗
- 塗り (ぬり) coating (esp. lacquering)
- 色塗り (いろぬり) coloring (in; e.g. a drawing)
- 厚塗り (あつぬり) thickly painted
- 下塗り (したぬり) undercoat
- 塗り替える (ぬりかえる) to repaint
- 塗る (ぬる) to paint
- 血塗る (ちぬる) to smear with blood
- 塗仏 (ぬりぼとけ) nuribotoke
- 塗師 (ぬりし) lacquerer
- 塗籠 (ぬりごめ) interior closed room with heavily plastered walls in a Heian palace
- 塗装 (とそう) coating
- 塗料 (とりょう) paint
- 塗布 (とふ) application (of ointment, etc.)
- 塗抹 (とまつ) smear
- 塗膜 (とまく) (dried) paint coating
- 塗れる (まみれる) to be smeared
- 一敗地に塗れる (いっぱいちにまみれる) to meet with a crushing defeat
- 泥に塗れる (どろにまみれる) to be covered with mud
- 塗る (まぶる) to cover (with)
- 塗香 (ずこう) rubbing of incense on a person or Buddha statue (as a purification ritual)
107 words in all.