wooden printing block
A block of wood carved with a pattern or text, used for traditional printing.
This wooden printing block was used for ukiyo-e prints in the Edo period.
The craftsman carefully carved the printing block.
They printed a pattern onto the cloth using a wooden block.
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer
Standard kanji spelling for a wooden printing block.
Alternate kanji form; less common than 形木.
Compound of 形 (kata, 'shape, pattern') and 木 (ki, 'wood'), with rendaku voicing of 木 to ぎ. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with a wooden block used for printing patterns.