墨
mòMò HSK6

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Original meaning: tattoo the face for a crime committed

Chalk made from black  earth 

Components

黑
黑 SoundIconic component
hēi black

Depicts a person whose face has been tattooed.

Change in sound
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmokC.mˤək ink

說文解字

《說文》：“墨，書墨也。从土，从黑，黑亦聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)