Word Meaning 墨流蝶

すみながし suminagashi

墨流蝶 is read as すみながし (suminagashi) and means Asian constable (species of butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus).

Meaning

English

  1. Asian constable (species of butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus)

Reading

Kana

すみながし

Romaji

suminagashi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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墨流し

すみながし

marbling print

墨絵

すみえ

ink painting

墨付き

すみつき

paper with signature of the shogun or lord

墨書

ぼくしょ

writing in India ink

墨入れ

すみいれ

inking

墨場

ぼくじょう

meeting place for calligraphers and painters

墨家

ぼくか

Mohism

墨付け正月

すみつけしょうがつ

event in which young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Koshōgatsu (in the San'in region)

墨書き

すみがき

inking the outlines of a picture

墨画

ぼくが

India-ink drawing

墨付け

すみつけ

blackening the face

墨消し

すみけし

blotting out characters with ink