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墨

mò

ink

A brush resting on an inkstone with dark ink
Memory picture

Character

墨 mò

Strokes
15
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
黑 black 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 这幅山水画用墨极淡,却把远山的层次表现得很清楚。 Zhè fú shānshuǐhuà yòng mò jí dàn, què bǎ yuǎnshān de céngcì biǎoxiàn de hěn qīngchu. This landscape painting uses very light ink, yet renders the layers of the distant mountains clearly.
  • 画家蘸了蘸浓浓的墨,在纸上画下一座山。 Huàjiā zhàn le zhàn nóngnóng de mò, zài zhǐ shàng huà xià yí zuò shān. The painter dipped the brush in dark ink and drew a mountain on the paper.
  • 墨干了以后,字迹就不会晕开了。 Mò gān le yǐhòu, zìjì jiù bú huì yùn kāi le. Once the ink is dry, the writing will not smudge.

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