inkstone

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

ink +‎ stone

NounEdit

inkstone (plural inkstones)

1. A stone used by Chinese artists and calligraphers to grind dry ink and then to mix it with water.

TranslationsEdit

stone used by Chinese artists to grind dry ink and mix it with water

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硯 (zh), 砚 (zh) (yàn), 硯臺 (zh), 砚台 (zh) (yàntái)

• Finnish: mustekivi

• Japanese: 硯 (ja) (すずり, suzuri)
• Yonaguni: 硯 (ちでぃり, chidiri)