塗 – paint, plaster, daub

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The kanji 塗 means paint, plaster, daub, smear, coating. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ト (to); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ぬ.る、ぬ.り、まみ.れる (nuru, nuri, mamireru). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ト	to
Kun’yomi	ぬ.る	nuru
Kun’yomi	ぬ.り	nuri
Kun’yomi	まみ.れる	mamireru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 汁・土・ハ・个・亅・木・一.

Words using 塗

塗るぬるto paint

Example sentences

ジョンがドアにペンキを塗っていた。

John has been painting the door.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執坂

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