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墨 = 土 + 黒

墨 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “black ink”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 黒 (black). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 187.

Keyword
black ink
RTK frame
187
Strokes
14
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
すみ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
черные чернила
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
墨 ink

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 土 soil
  2. 黒 black

How to find 墨 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “black”. 墨 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 墨 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.