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= m + o4
surname Mo / abbr. for 墨西哥[Mo4 xi1 ge1], Mexico
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= m + o4
ink stick / China ink / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead
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How to pronounce 墨

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ o4 final

In the observatory’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

墨 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= tu + Ø3
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
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= tu + Ø3
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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hēi = h + ei1
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
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hēi = h + ei1
black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)
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Characters with 墨 as component

me = m + e5
(final particle)
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= m + o4
bind / cord
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Words with 墨

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ink / CL:瓶[ping2]

Sentences with 墨

墨 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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