Chinese symbol for “ink”
墨水
mò shuǐ
ink; measure word: 瓶 (píng)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ink is 墨水 (mò shuǐ), defined as: ink; measure word: 瓶 (píng).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ink”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 墨水.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 水果 | shuǐ guǒ | fruit |
| 水泥 | shuǐ ní | cement; measure word: 袋 (dài) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ink”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.