Ink in Chinese (Mandarin): 墨 (mò)
墨
mò
ink
- Simplified
- 墨
- Traditional
- 墨
- Pinyin
- mò
- Typed as
- mo
Use it in a sentence
墨是黑色的。
The ink is black.
The characters in 墨
墨
Ink. 黑 (black) on top and 土 (earth) below.
15 strokes
Fourth tone. Chinese ink was a solid stick, ground with water on an inkstone, 砚台 (yàntai).
More examples with 墨
墨很黑。
Mò hěn hēi.
The ink is very black.
我的手上有墨。
Wǒ de shǒu shang yǒu mò.
I have ink on my hand.
How to write 墨 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
墨 15 strokes
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