墨
HSK 7freq #7266
Meanings
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- 1.surname Mo
- 2.abbr. for 墨西哥[Mò xī gē], Mexico
- 1.ink stick
- 2.China ink
- 3.CL:块[kuài]
- 4.corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead
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Wiktionary
- 1.Chinese ink or ink in general
- 2.black; ink-coloured; dark
- 3.to tattoo the face (e.g. as a punishment in Ancient China)
- 4.to embezzle
- 5.someone's poetry, essays, handwriting, or paintings
- 6.learning; knowledge
- 7.a surname
- 8.Used in transcription.
- 9.only used in 墨杘
- 10.to slander
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *mlɯːɡ): phonetic 黑 (OC *hmlɯːɡ) + semantic 土 (“soil”). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-maŋ ~ s-mak. Cognate with 黑 (OC *hmlɯːɡ, “black”).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我想買幾副墨鏡。
I want to buy a few pairs of sunglasses.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Related words
墨水 ink墨家 Mohist School of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), founded by the philosopher 墨子[Mò zǐ]墨客 literary person即墨 see 即墨区[Jí mò Qū]墨累 Murray (name)墨斗 carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)绳墨 lit. carpenter's straight line marker墨者 Mohist着墨 to describe (in writing, applying ink)文墨 writing墨渍 ink stain墨鱼 cuttlefish