墨

mò

abbr. for 墨西哥[Mo4 xi1 ge1], Mexico

surname Mo; ink stick; China ink; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead

black (黑) + earth (土) = ink stick

Ink sticks were made by burning material and collecting the black soot, then binding it with earth or clay to form solid blocks. The black (黑) earth (土) beneath captures that dark, solid, ground-in substance.

黑+土→墨
土EarthSemantic
黑BlackSemantic

他用墨在纸上写了几个大字。

tā yòng mò zài zhǐ shàng xiě le jǐ gè dà zì。

He used ink to write a few large characters on the paper.

这块墨是爷爷留下来的,很有价值。

zhè kuài mò shì yé ye liú xià lái de,hěn yǒu jià zhí。

This ink stick was left by grandfather and is very valuable.

Words with 墨

墨子

mò zǐ

Mozi (c. 470–391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家[Mo4 jia1], which flourished during the Warring States period (475–220 BC)

粉墨登场

fěn mò dēng chǎng

to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)

石墨

shí mò

black lead

墨玉

mò yù

Karakax County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[He2 tian2 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang

浓墨重彩

nóng mò zhòng cǎi

thick and heavy in colors

遗墨

yí mò

posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc)

防焊油墨

fáng hàn yóu mò

solder mask (applied to a circuit board)

喷墨

pēn mò

ink jet

回墨印

huí mò yìn

self-inking stamp

墨丘利

mò qiū lì

Mercury (Roman god)

墨刑

mò xíng

corporal punishment consisting of carving and inking characters on the victim's forehead

墨匣

mò xiá

ink cartridge

More characters with 黑

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