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inkstone

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A stone mortar used for grinding and holding ink in the East Asian art and calligraphy tradition.

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History

Etymology

From ink + stone.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَجَر حَبْر (ḥajar ḥabr) — stone mortar
  • Hakka Chinese: 墨硯盤 /墨砚盘 — stone mortar
  • Hakka Chinese: 墨盤 /墨盘 — stone mortar
  • Hakka Chinese: 墨硯 /墨砚 — stone mortar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 硯 /砚 (yàn) — stone mortar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 硯臺 /砚台 (yàntái) — stone mortar
  • Finnish: mustekivi — stone mortar
  • German: Reibstein — stone mortar
  • Japanese: 硯 (suzuri) — stone mortar
  • Korean: 벼루 (byeoru) — stone mortar
  • Polish: kamień pisarski — stone mortar
  • Portuguese: pedra de tinta — stone mortar
  • Thai: จานฝนหมึก (jaan-fǒn-mʉ̀k) — stone mortar
  • Vietnamese: nghiên — stone mortar
  • Vietnamese: nghiên mực — stone mortar
  • Yonaguni: 硯 (chidiri) — stone mortar