墨 — Chinese character
墨
mò
ink; writing; Mexico
- Pinyin
- mò
- Radical
- 203 ⿊ (Black)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 黑 土
- Formation
- ideographic — Chalk made from black 黑 earth 土
- Japanese
- 墨 as a kanji
Common words with 墨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 墨水 | mò shuǐ | ink; measure word: 瓶 (píng) |
| 墨镜 (墨鏡) | mò jìng | sunglasses; measure word: 副 (fù) |
| 石墨 | shí mò | black lead; graphite |
| 笔墨 (筆墨) | bǐ mò | pen and ink; words |
| 水墨 | shuǐ mò | ink (used in painting) |
| 油墨 | yóu mò | printing ink |
| 墨鱼 (墨魚) | mò yú | cuttlefish |
| 墨迹 (墨跡) | mò jì | ink marks; original calligraphy or painting of famous person |
| 水墨画 (水墨畫) | shuǐ mò huà | ink and wash painting |
| 墨守成规 (墨守成規) | mò shǒu chéng guī | hidebound by convention (idiom) |
| 粉墨登场 (粉墨登場) | fěn mò dēng chǎng | to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime) |
| 墨汁 | mò zhī | prepared Chinese ink |
English words written with 墨
墨 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 1 · Mencius 14 · Zhuangzi 39
- Art of War 11.67
- Mencius 3A.2
- Mencius 3A.5
- Mencius 3B.9
- Mencius 7A.26
- Mencius 7A.41
- Mencius 7B.26
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.