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漆

lacquer
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingシツ
Kun readingうるし
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. lacquerRtK
    黒い天使は、その漆黒の翼を大きく広げて、空へと舞い上がる。The black angel spread those jet-black wings wide and flew up into the sky.tatoeba
    乾漆薬師如来坐像Dry lacquered wooden sitting statue of Bhechadjaguruwiki
  2. varnish
  3. seven
  1. east Asian lacquer
  2. japan
  3. chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · tree (木) · wood (木) · umbrella · grains of rice

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1001

Compound words

漆器しっき
lacquer ware; lacquerware; lacquer work; lacquerwork
漆黒しっこく
jet-black; pitch-dark; raven-black; stygian
漆塗りうるしぬり
lacquering; lacquer ware
仮漆かしつ
varnish
黒漆こくしつ
black lacquer
漆喰しっくい
mortar
漆食しっくい
mortar
蔦漆つたうるし
Asian poison ivy (Rhus ambigua)
庭漆にわうるし
tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
膠漆こうしつ
glue and lacquer
乾漆像かんしつぞう
dry lacquer statue
漆瘡れうるしかぶれ
poison ivy rash

Additional Examples

乾漆薬師如来坐像
Dry lacquered wooden sitting statue of Bhechadjaguruwiki
堅く漆約を結ぶ。
They plighted their promise.wiki

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 漆

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step