Inkstone

Inkstone
Inkstone
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	硯臺
Simplified Chinese	砚台
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	yàntái
IPA	jɛn⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯¹
Wu
Romanization	6gni-de
Gan
Romanization	nyien5 tai
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	yihn tòih
Jyutping	jin6 toi4
IPA	jiːn²² tʰɔːi̯²¹
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	墨硯
Simplified Chinese	墨砚
Jyutping
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	mak6 jin6-2
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet	nghiên
Chữ Hán	硯
Korean name
Hangul	벼루
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	byeoru
Japanese name
Kanji	硯
Hiragana	すずり
Katakana	スズリ
Revised Hepburn
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	suzuri

An inkstone is traditional Chinese stationery. It is a stone mortar for the grinding and containment of ink.^[1] In addition to stone, inkstones are also manufactured from clay, bronze, iron, and porcelain. The device evolved from a rubbing tool used for rubbing dyes dating around 6000 to 7000 years ago.^[2]

^ Claude Durix. Écrire l'éternité, l'art de la calligraphie chinoise et japonaise. (2000) Les Belles Lettres - Architecture du verbe - issue=11, 147 pages, isbn=2-251-49013-2.
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[Durix-1] Claude Durix. Écrire l'éternité, l'art de la calligraphie chinoise et japonaise. (2000) Les Belles Lettres - Architecture du verbe - issue=11, 147 pages, isbn=2-251-49013-2.

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