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漆 means 'varnish'

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Strokes : 14    Frequency: 2158   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-41    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 10 words   Used in 25 words   Used in 136 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シツ
Kun
   うるし varnish, lacquer
Additional readings
Name    うる
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 漆 - click the badge to download
This richly illustrated essay features photos of rare lacquered works, including a suit of armor with an image of the deity Fudo-Myoo, a cabinet shaped like a monk's backpack, a tiered picnic set, and a large seated Buddha. Find out about Zeshin Shibata's lacquer art and methods of decorating lacquerwork with gold and silver. Also learn about lacquer toxicity and the meaning of "japanning"!
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⿰  氵 (水) water  桼 man in the tree with water  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 漆 is used 4 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 漆 is used 21 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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シツ : 8 words FIND ALL
か ん し つ 0
noun
1. dried lacquer
2. dry lacquer (technique); kanshitsu; technique for making objects (vessels, sculptures, statues, etc.) from many layers of hemp cloth soaked with lacquer
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シツ (read as しっ) : 3 words FIND ALL
し っ き 0
noun
lacquer ware; lacquerware; lacquer work; lacquerwork
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うるし : 10 words FIND ALL
う る し 0
noun
1. lacquer; varnish; japan
2. lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 4 less common words include 漆 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1334  Joy o' Kanji : 1334  Key to Kanji: - 

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漆
シツ   うるし varnish, lacquer   
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桼
man in the tree with water
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
氺
water
氵
スイ   みず water   
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