Share this link via
Or copy link
Kanji Detail for 塗 - "paint, apply, coat"
塗
- Meaning
塗 means "paint, apply, coat."
Paint - To apply color or coating.
Apply - To spread on a surface.
Smear - To spread messily.
Mud - Dirt mixed with water.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
paint; plaster; daub; smear; coating
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
smear, daub, apply, spread; paint
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to smear, to scribble, to daub; surname
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Mud. (Mencius) "Like sitting in mud and fire in court robes and cap." Speaking of unbearable disgrace. Trampling and mistreating is also called 塗炭. Such as 塗炭生靈 (torment the people). | Interchangeable with 途. A road. (Analects) "Meeting him on the road." | Altering written text. The erased part is called 塗. Such as crossing out is called 塗乙. Crossing out and revising is called 塗改. | 塗飾: To smear. Spreading liquid substances on top is all called 塗. The vulgar form is 搽.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
- Related Keywords
Sentences including 塗
ドアを白く塗ってください。
Please paint the door white.
I want my room painted white.
The bridge is being repainted.
Ken painted his bicycle white.
He painted the door blue.
They painted the wall white.
壁を塗るつもりです。
We're going to paint the wall.
The man painting the wall is my father.
He painted his bicycle red.
ドアを青に塗った。
He painted the door blue.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
私はその翌日午飯を食いに学校から帰ってきて、昨夜机の上に載せて置いた菓子の包みを見ると、すぐその中からチョコレートを塗った鳶色のカステラを出して頬張った。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
理由を考え出そうとしても、考え出せない私は、罪を女という一字に塗り付けて我慢した事もありました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
地体が色の白いくせに、白粉を豊富に塗ったものだからなお目立ちます。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私にいわせると、彼の心臓の周囲は黒い漆で重く塗り固められたのも同然でした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
ただ、所々｜丹塗の剥げた、大きな円柱に、蟋蟀が一匹とまっている。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
すると、幸い門の上の楼へ上る、幅の広い、これも丹を塗った梯子が眼についた。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
理由を考え出そうとしても、考え出せない私は、罪を女という一字に塗り付けて我慢した事もありました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
地体が色の白いくせに、白粉を豊富に塗ったものだからなお目立ちます。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私にいわせると、彼の心臓の周囲は黒い漆で重く塗り固められたのも同然でした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha