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墨
U+58A8
Seal script
Jianbo

Radical:黑+ 3 strokes = 15 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.529#51 Kangxi: p.238#40 Cihai: p.329r2c03 GSR: 904.c Hanyu: v1,p0487#03
Composition:Top: 黑, bottom: 土. Compositionally related: 𪐢 墨 . Component of: 㕓 𬙊 嚜 𭟓 𡣫 𡳫 𢋨 濹 𤪯 爅 𭣀 𣞪 𦢓 𡓪 癦 䁼 纆 䘃 𥽞 𦪷 [More]
Mandarin:mò ㄇㄛˋ
Cantonese:mak6
Tang reconstruction:mək
Shuowen:《土部》墨：書墨也。从土从黑，黑亦聲。
Guangyun:《廣韻·入聲·德·墨》墨：筆墨又姓墨翟是也，亦即墨縣名。莫北切，十二。
Kangxi:《康熙字典·土部·十二》墨：《唐韻》莫北切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》密北切，𠀤音默。《說文》書墨也。《西京雜記》漢尚書令，僕承郞，月給隃糜墨。魏晉閒以黍燒烟，和松煤爲之。唐初高麗歲貢松烟墨。宋煕寧閒，張遇供御墨，始用油烟入麝，謂之龍劑。《李堅墨評》古有李廷珪墨爲第一，張遇墨次之，兗州𨻰朗墨又次之。又《禮·玉藻》卜人定龜，史定墨。《註》凡卜，必以墨畫龜，乃鑽之，觀所坼以占吉凶。又度名。《小爾雅》五尺爲墨，倍墨爲丈。《周語》不過墨丈尋常之閒。又五𠛬之一，鑿其額，涅以墨書。《書·伊訓》臣下不匡其𠛬墨。又哀容。《孟子》歠粥面深墨。又氣色下也。《左傳·哀十三年》晉定公，吳夫差，會于黃池。司馬寅曰：肉食者無墨。又闇昧也。《劉向·新序》師曠對晉平公曰：國有墨。墨而不危者，未之有也。又墨灰。《西京雜記》武帝鑿昆明池，悉灰墨，無復塊土。西域人曰：大刼將盡，則有刼燒。灰墨，其餘燼也。又與默通。《史記·商君傳》武王諤諤以興，紂墨墨以亡。《前漢·竇嬰傳》嬰墨墨不得志。又太史公論六家之要旨，墨家儉而難遵，然其彊本節用，不可廢也。六家：隂陽、儒、墨、名、法、道也。又地名。卽墨，故齊地。《史記·齊世家》樂毅下齊七十餘城，惟卽墨不下。今卽墨乃漢之不其縣。又墨山，在卽墨東北，墨水發源于此。《前漢·郊祀志》帝以方士言祀太室于卽墨，卽此山也，一在衞輝縣西北。《九州要記》墨子居墨山，採茯苓餌之，五百歲不死。又姑墨，國名。南與于闐接，又康居國有附墨城。𠀤見《前漢·西域傳》。又姓。禹師墨如。見《王符潛夫論》。周墨翟，明墨麟。《姓纂》墨氏卽墨胎氏，孤竹君後。又老馬腹中有物曰墨，猶狗寶也，見《本草綱目》。又《集韻》旻悲切，音眉。墨杘，默詐貌。又軟弱貌。又《集韻》莫佩切，音昧。諡法，貪以敗官，讒言敗善，𠀤曰墨。
考證：〔《禮·玉藻》卜人定龜，史定墨。《註》凡卜，必以墨畫龜，乃鑽之，觀所拆以占吉凶。〕謹照原文拆改坼。〔又太史公論六家之要旨，墨家儉而難遵，然其疆本節用，不可廢也。〕謹照漢書司馬遷傳疆本改彊本。
Fanqie:莫北 (《廣韻·入聲·德·墨》)
Unihan definition:ink; writing

CTP Dictionary


墨
mò ㄇㄛˋ (1): 用於書寫繪畫的黑色顔料。 Black ink used in calligraphy and painting.
《莊子·田子方》:舐筆和墨，在外者半。
Licking their pencils and preparing their ink. Half their number, however, remained outside.
《文心雕龍·序志》:于是搦筆和墨，乃始論文。
mò ㄇㄛˋ (2): 黑色。 Black.
mò ㄇㄛˋ (3): 氣色晦暗。 Dark expression.
《春秋左傳》:反曰，肉食者無墨。
mò ㄇㄛˋ (4): 污濁。 Dirty.
mò ㄇㄛˋ (5): 貪污。 Corrupt.
《春秋左傳》:已惡而掠美為昏，貪以敗官為墨，殺人不忌為賊。
mò ㄇㄛˋ (6): 以刀刺面並染墨作標記的一種刑法。 Punishment by tattooing the face.
《尚書·伊訓》:臣下不匡，其刑墨，具訓于蒙士。
"The minister who does not (try to) correct (such vices in the sovereign) shall be punished with branding." These rules were minutely inculcated (also) on the sons of officers and nobles in their lessons.
mò ㄇㄛˋ (7): 黑色喪服名，也指穿黑色喪服。 [To wear] black mourning dress.
《春秋左傳》:遂墨以葬文公，晉於是始墨。
mò ㄇㄛˋ (8): 燒灼龜甲以視吉凶。 Fortune-telling by burning of tortoise shells.
《禮記·玉藻》:卜人定龜，史定墨，君定體。
The officer of divination by the tortoise-shell fixed the shell (to be used); the recorder applied the ink; and the ruler determined the figures (produced by the fire).
mò ㄇㄛˋ (9): 長度單位，五尺為墨。 Unit of length equal to five chi.
《國語·周語下》:其察色也，不過墨丈尋常之間。
mò ㄇㄛˋ (10): 通「默」：沉默。 Silent.
《荀子·解蔽》:故口可劫而使墨云，形可劫而使詘申，心不可劫而使易意，是之則受，非之則辭。
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