塗

塗 — paint, plaster, daub

JLPT: JLPT N2
Strokes: 13
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1414 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: と to
Kun'yomi: ぬ.る nu.ru

ぬ.り nu.ri

まみ.れる mami.reru

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 塗

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

塗るぬる to paint JLPT N4