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Keyword
paint
  • plaster
  • daub
  • smear
  • coating
Frequency
#1414
Strokes
13
Grade
8
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
1792
Readings
ト50%
ぬ50%
Mnemonic
Water drops spill in excess over the bare earth, and you grab a brush and sweep it flat to paint the floor.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
塗と装そう
coating; painting
Noun
塗ぬる
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer; to varnish; to put up (wallpaper)
Godan verb
黒くろ塗ぬり
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blacked out; blackened thing
No-adjective
塗と料りょう
paint; coating; varnish
Noun
塗ぬり替かえる
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
Ichidan verb
漆うるし塗ぬり
lacquering; lacquer ware
Noun
塗まみれ
covered with; stained; smeared
Suffix
塗ぬり
coating (esp. lacquering)
Noun
塗まぶる
to cover (with); to smear; to sprinkle
Godan verb
血ち塗まみれ
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
No-adjective
塗と布ふ
application (of ointment, etc.); coating
Noun
塗ぬり絵え
picture for coloring in (colouring)
Noun
上うわ塗ぬり
final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)
Noun
塗ぬりつぶし
blotting out; fill (in graphics)
Noun
泥どろ塗まみれ
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
No-adjective
下した塗ぬり
undercoat; first coating
Noun
塗ぬり薬ぐすり
medical cream; ointment; salve; liniment
Noun
塗ぬりつぶす
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
Godan verb
塗まぶす
to cover (with); to smear; to sprinkle
Godan verb
塗まみれる
to be smeared; to be covered
Ichidan verb
糊こ塗と
patching up (e.g. a failure); covering up (e.g. a mistake); glossing over
Noun
塗ぬりたくる
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
Godan verb
塗ぬりたて
freshly painted; freshly plastered
No-adjective
塗ぬりつける
to smear; to daub; to shift (the blame onto someone else)
Ichidan verb