漆

lacquer; varnish; seven

14 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1971.

Readings

• シツ (on reading): 漆黒 (しっこく) pitch-black; 漆喰 (しっくい) mortar
• うるし (kun reading): 漆 (うるし) East Asian lacquer; 漆塗り (うるしぬり) lacquering

Components

• 氵
• 桼
• 𠆢 radical person roof
• ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水
• 木 radical tree
• 水 radical water

Words using 漆

• 漆黒 (しっこく) pitch-black
• 漆喰 (しっくい) mortar
• 漆器 (しっき) lacquer ware
• 漆芸 (しつげい) (Japanese) lacquer art
• 漆工 (しっこう) japanning
• 漆 (うるし) East Asian lacquer
• 漆塗り (うるしぬり) lacquering
• 漆絵 (うるしえ) a lacquer painting
• 朱漆 (しゅうるし) vermilion lacquer (made by mixing vermilion into clear lacquer)
• 庭漆 (にわうるし) tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)

27 words in all.

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