Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1414 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: paint, plaster, daub, smear, coating

Kunyomi: ぬ.る ぬ.り まみ.れる

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: つち

Meaning: earth

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

料(とりょう)   paints, painting material

装する(とそうする)   paint [v.t.]

る(ぬる)   paint, plaster, lacquer, varnish

り絵(ぬりえ)   picture for coloring in

り立て(ぬりたて)   freshly painted [n.]

輪島り(わじまぬり)   Wajima lacquer

りする(うわぬりする)   coat, glaze

Onyomi Examples

トリョウ paints, painting material

トソウ coating, painting

道途 ドウト road

コト patching up (e.g. a failure), covering up (e.g. a mistake), glossing over

Kunyomi Examples

ぬる to paint, to plaster, to lacquer, to varnish, to spread, to smear, to put up (wallpaper)

ぬり coating (esp. lacquering)

り替える ぬりかえる to repaint, to paint again, to break (a record), to rewrite, to remake

春慶 しゅんけいぬり Shunkei lacquerware, lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen

なかぬり intermediate coat of paint or lacquer, second coat

れる まみれる to be smeared, to be covered