Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
paint, plaster, daub, smear, coating
Kun:
ぬ.るぬ.りまみ.れる
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1414 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 塗料 【トリョウ】 paints, painting material
  • 塗装 【トソウ】 coating, painting
  • 道途 【ドウト】 road
  • 糊塗 【コト】 patching up (e.g. a failure), covering up (e.g. a mistake), glossing over

Kun reading compounds

  • 塗る 【ぬる】 to paint, to plaster, to lacquer, to varnish, to spread, to smear, to put up (wallpaper)
  • 塗り 【ぬり】 coating (esp. lacquering)
  • 塗り替える 【ぬりかえる】 to repaint, to paint again, to paint (a different colour), to change completely, to break (a record), to redraw (e.g. the map), to remake
  • 春慶塗 【しゅんけいぬり】 Shunkei lacquerware, lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen
  • 中塗り 【なかぬり】 intermediate coat of paint or lacquer, second coat
  • 塗れる 【まみれる】 to be smeared, to be covered

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tu2
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • pintar
  • embadurnar
  • untar
  • laquear
  • recubrir

Portuguese

  • pintura
  • gesso
  • emplastar
  • untar
  • cobertura

French

  • peinture
  • peindre
  • tartiner
  • barbouiller
  • enduire
  • recouvrir
1637 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1333 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1124 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1759 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
438 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2038 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1073 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1121 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1694 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
360 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3523 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1818 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2473 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1679 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5338 Morohashi
2841 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1074 New Nelson (John Haig)
1663 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1792 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1615 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
372 2001 Kanji
3b10.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-10-3 SKIP code
4416.3 Four corner code
3810.4 Four corner code
1-37-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5857 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
wall, lining (stomach), fence
Kun:
かべ
On:
ヘキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1037 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 壁 【カベ】 wall, partition, barrier, obstacle, hindrance, difficulty, Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • 壁画 【ヘキガ】 fresco, mural, wall painting
  • 隔壁 【カクヘキ】 barrier wall, bulkhead, partition, septum, diaphragm
  • 内壁 【ナイヘキ】 inner wall

Kun reading compounds

  • 壁 【かべ】 wall, partition, barrier, obstacle, hindrance, difficulty, Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • 壁掛け 【かべかけ】 wall-mounted ornament, wall decoration, wall hanging, wall-mounted
  • 白壁 【しらかべ】 white plaster wall, tofu, bean curd
  • 厚い壁 【あついかべ】 hard-to-overcome obstacle, high hurdle, thick wall

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi4
Korean:
byeog

Spanish

  • muro
  • pared

Portuguese

  • parede
  • forro
  • cerca

French

  • mur
  • paroi (estomac)
  • barrière
1780 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1064 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1148 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1369 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
442 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2585 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1489 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1587 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1029 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
366 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3601 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1849 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2515 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1514 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5516 Morohashi
2895 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1103 New Nelson (John Haig)
1500 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1616 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1826 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3772 2001 Kanji
3b13.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-13-3 SKIP code
7010.4 Four corner code
1-42-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
58c1 Unicode hex code