塗 (coating, daub, paint, plaster, smear) - Kanji Codex

塗

coating, daub, paint, plaster, smear

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ト

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ぬ.りぬ.るまみ.れる

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:13

JLPT:2

Frequency:1414

Vocabulary

ト

Word	Reading	Meaning
塗装	トソウ	coating; painting
塗料	トリョウ	paint; coating; varnish
塗布	トフ	application (of ointment, etc.); coating
蛍光塗料	ケイコウトリョウ	fluorescent paint
塗炭	トタン	misery; distress

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
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
塗る	ぬる	to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer; to varnish; to put up (wallpaper)
黒塗り	くろぬり	blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blacked out; blackened thing
漆塗り	うるしぬり	lacquering; lacquer ware
ペンキ塗りたて	ペンキぬりたて	Wet Paint

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