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墨
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

black ink

HSK 7 N1
Abstract →Colors
mò
ボク
すみ
묵
Chalk made from black 黑 earth 土
Components
黑 black+ 土 earth =
墨 black ink
黑 Meaning component
hēi black
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
Notes
Similar Characters
黔 guizhou黛 blacken eyebrows黜 dismiss黝 black (iii)點 spot (trad)黟 black and shining黠 cunning黢 black (9ee2)黥 tattoo criminals on黧 a dark黨 political party (trad)黪 grey (simp)黯 black黴 mildew (trad)嘿 Hey!默 silent黩 dishonor (simp)黷 to dishonor (trad)压 oppress (simp)厓 precipice
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
墨
Regular
Modern
Chinese
墨 [Mò]
surname Mo; abbr. for 墨西哥[Mò​xī​gē], Mexico
墨 [mò]
ink stick; China ink; CL:塊|块[kuài]; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead
Japanese
墨 すみ 同音

noun

  1. sumi; India ink; Chinese ink; ink stick; ink-cake
  2. squid ink; octopus ink
  3. carpenter's inking string
墨 ぼく 同音

noun

  1. abbrev. Mexico
  2. rare Mohism
  3. archaic ink
  4. abbrev.historical tattooing (as a form of punishment in ancient China)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
墨を染料として使うと面白い模様ができます。
India ink produces an interesting pattern when used as a dye.
Japanese Names
墨 すえお
Sueo unclassified name
墨 すみ
Sumi surname
墨 すみさき
Sumisaki surname
墨 のりかず
Norikazu unclassified name
墨 ぼく
Boku unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (129)
墨西哥 [Mò​xī​gē] #1,584
Mexico
墨镜 [mò​jìng] #10,884
sunglasses
墨镜 [mò​jìng] #10,884
sunglasses
墨水 [mò​shuǐ] #8,426
ink
墨尔本 [Mò​'ěr​běn] #14,879
Melbourne, Australia
墨尔本 [Mò​'ěr​běn] #14,879
Melbourne, Australia
墨迹 [mò​jì] #28,085
ink marks
墨迹 [mò​jì] #28,085
ink marks
墨西哥城 [Mò​xī​gē​chéng] #13,081
Mexico City, capital of Mexico
墨西哥人 [Mò​xī​gē​rén] #9,836
Mexican
119 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (89)
⭐ お墨付き [おすみつき] #17,811
certificate
⭐ 入れ墨 [いれずみ] #31,345
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one)
⭐ アメリカ合衆国 [アメリカがっしゅうこく] #41,646
United States of America
墨汁 [ぼくじゅう] #44,063
India ink
墨色 [すみいろ] #48,370
ink black
薄墨 [うすずみ] #59,421
thin India ink
白墨 [はくぼく] #59,572
(piece of) chalk
⭐ 亜米利加 [アメリカ] #61,742
(United States of) America
眉墨 [まゆずみ] #62,468
eyebrow pencil
⭐ 水墨画 [すいぼくが] #63,967
India-ink painting
79 more items
KOREAN WORDS (3)
백묵
chalk
수묵
India ink
수묵화
sumukwa