硯

12 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

inkstone

Kun'yomi
  • すずり
    		inkstone
On'yomi
  • ケン
  • ゲン

Main Radical

石(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

すずり 100.0%

Character Breakdown

inkstone
すずり　ケン (Kentei Pre-1)
stone
いし　セキ　シャク (1st, N3)
left hand, cliff(厂) variant
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
see, hopes, chances
み.る　ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)

Common Words

すずり
硯
inkstone
すずり
硯
ばこ
箱
inkstone case
すずり
硯
あら
洗
　
い
event where schoolchildren wash their inkstones, brushes and desks the night before Tanabata to pray for success in their studies
すずり
硯
いし
石
inkstone ②stone used to make an inkstone
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References

Unicode hex code 786F
JIS X 0208 1-24-7
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3190
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4005
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1517
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1094
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2589
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2635
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1634
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 24233
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 5a7.2
Four corner code 1661.0