— black ink, India ink, ink stick, Mexico

  • JLPT N1
  • 14 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 土
  • #1616 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
ボク
Kun'yomi
すみ

Example words

  • すみ(1) sumi; India ink; Chinese ink; ink stick; ink-cake (2) squid ink; octopus ink (3) carpenter's inking string