Memory phrase for the character: 墨

墨

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Meaning

ink, ink stick

Pronunciation

BOKU
sumi

Explanation

 Top: black 黒 (The underside 土 of the pot 里 on the fire 灬 is black.), bottom: earth 土

Mnemonic
 
Black earth is used for ink.

Radicals

黒 blackComprises village 里 and fire 灬. but here 里 is seen as a cooking pot, whose underside is stained black.
土 earthground, soil
里 village
灬 fireBoth the radicals renga 灬 and hi 火 are used for fire.




 Vocabulary

入れ墨 いれずみ  tatoo
墨 すみ  ink

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