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墨

mò

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What 墨 means

1. ink stick
2. China ink
3. corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead

Other readings

墨 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Mòsurname Mo; abbr. for {墨西哥|Mò xī gē}, Mexico

Example sentences

• 油墨快没了。
  Yóumò kuài méile.
  The ink is almost empty.
• 悉尼比墨尔本好
  Xīní bǐ Mò'ěrběn hǎo
  Sydney is better than Melbourne.
• 这支笔没墨了。
  This pen has run dry.
• 别用红墨水写。
  Don't write in red ink.
• 她两眼于墨黑。
  Her eyes are dark.
• 他总是戴着墨镜。
  Tā zǒngshì dài zhuómò jìng.
  He always wears dark glasses.

Words starting with 墨

• 墨西哥Mò xī gēMexico
• 墨水mò shuǐink
• 墨镜mò jìngsunglasses
• 墨尔本Mò ěr běnMelbourne, Australia
• 墨子Mò zǐMozi (c. 470–391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家
• 墨迹mò jìink marks; original calligraphy or painting of famous person
• 墨绿色mò lǜ sèdark or deep green
• 墨盒mò héink cartridge
• 墨汁mò zhīprepared Chinese ink
• 墨索里尼Mò suǒ lǐ níBenito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian fascist dictator, "Il Duce", president 1922-1943
• 墨家Mò jiāMohist School of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), founded by the philosopher 墨子
• 墨西哥城Mò xī gē chéngMexico City, capital of Mexico
• 墨绿mò lǜdark green; forest green
• 墨鱼mò yúcuttlefish
• 墨刑mò xíngcorporal punishment consisting of carving and inking characters on the victim's forehead
• 墨客mò kèliterary person
• 墨斗mò dǒucarpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
• 墨条mò tiáoink stick
• 墨线mò xiàninked line; carpenter's straight line marker…
• 墨者Mò zhěMohist; follower of Mohist school
• 墨巴本Mò bā běn(Taiwan) Mbabane, administrative capital of Eswatini
• 墨西拿Mò xī náMessina, Sicilian city
• 墨角兰mò jiǎo lánmarjoram (Origanum majorana)
• 墨守成规mò shǒu chéng guīhidebound by convention (idiom)

Words containing 墨

• 笔墨bǐ mòpen and ink; words; writing
• 着墨zhuó mòto describe (in writing, applying ink)
• 水墨shuǐ mòink (used in painting)
• 油墨yóu mòprinting ink
• 粉墨登场fěn mò dēng chǎngto make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)
• 水墨画shuǐ mò huàink and wash painting
• 文墨wén mòwriting; culture
• 石墨shí mòblack lead; graphite; plumbago
• 老墨Lǎo Mò(colloquial) a Mexican
• 遗墨yí mòposthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc)
• 即墨区Jí mò QūJimo, a district of Qingdao City 青岛市
• 回墨印huí mò yìnself-inking stamp
• 新墨西哥Xīn Mò xī gēNew Mexico, US state
• 词人墨客cí rén mò kè(idiom) writer; wordsmith
• 贝尔墨邦Bèi ěr mò bāngBelmopan, capital of Belize (Tw)
• 输墨装置shū mò zhuāng zhìink supply mechanism
• 赫尔墨斯Hè ěr mò sīHermes (Greek god)
• 赫耳墨斯Hè ěr mò sīHermes, in Greek mythology, messenger of the Gods
• 舞文弄墨wǔ wén nòng mò(idiom) to display one's facility with words; to show off one's literary skills…
• 石墨碳shí mò tàngraphite carbon
• 喷墨pēn mòink jet
• 浓墨重彩nóng mò zhòng cǎithick and heavy in colors; to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail…
• 防焊油墨fáng hàn yóu mòsolder mask (applied to a circuit board)
• 近朱近墨jìn zhū jìn mòone is judged by the company one keeps (idiom)

Characters that look like 墨

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 赛sàito compete; competition; match
• 蔓màncreeper; to spread
• 霉méimold; mildew; to become moldy
• 薯shǔpotato; yam
• 罂yīngearthen jar with small mouth
• 摹mó(bound form) to imitate; to copy

Sounds the same

Read mò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 末tip; end; final stage
• 默silent; to write from memory
• 漠desert; unconcerned
• 寞lonesome
• 陌raised path; street
• 莫do not; there is none who
• 沫foam; suds
• 没drowned; to end; to die
• 茉used in 茉莉
• 磨grindstone; to grind; to turn round
• 抹to plaster; to go around; to skirt
• 殁to end; to die