Hanja Analyzer
墨

墨 — muk

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
먹 묵
Romanization
muk
English
ink; writing
Mandarin
mò
Japanese on'yomi
ボク, モク, バイ, ビ
Japanese kun'yomi
すみ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,616 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Radical
黑 (203, 3 residual)
Unicode
U+58A8

Parts that make up 墨

  • 黒 검을 흑variant of 黑 그을음이 낀 굴뚝검다. 일본에서는 黒 으로 쓴다
  • 土 흙 토, 뿌리 두 땅 위에 쌓인 흙더미흙·땅과 그 위에 세운 것

How 墨 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 墨 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 黑, 土.

Korean example words with 墨

  • 묵적墨跡 Korean gloss: 먹으로 쓴 흔적
  • 묵매墨梅 Korean gloss: 먹으로 그린 매화
  • 묵향墨香 Korean gloss: 향기로운 먹 냄새
  • 묵죽墨竹 Korean gloss: 먹으로 그린 대나무
  • 묵선墨線 Korean gloss: 먹으로 그은 검은 줄
  • 묵칙墨勅 Korean gloss: 임금이 직접 쓴 조서
  • 묵흔墨痕 Korean gloss: 글씨를 쓴 붓의 자국
  • 묵상墨床 Korean gloss: 먹을 올려놓고 쓰는 받침
  • 유묵遺墨 Korean gloss: 생전에 남긴 글씨나 그림
  • 묵색墨色 Korean gloss: 먹물의 빛깔과 같은 검은색
  • 지묵紙墨 Korean gloss: 종이와 먹을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 문묵文墨 Korean gloss: 시문을 짓거나 서화를 그리는 일

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 墨

  • 墨すみ sumi; India ink; Chinese ink
  • 入れ墨いれずみ tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
  • 水墨画すいぼくが India-ink painting; ink wash painting
  • 墨絵すみえ ink painting
  • 墨書ぼくしょ writing in India ink
  • お墨付きおすみつき certificate; certified document; authorization
  • 翰墨かんぼく brush and ink; writing; drawing
  • 靴墨くつずみ shoe polish
  • 古墨こぼく old ink stick
  • 白墨はくぼく (piece of) chalk
  • 筆墨ひつぼく stationery; pen and ink; writing materials
  • 墨画ぼくが India-ink drawing

Characters sharing the phonetic 墨

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “묵” in Korean.

Other hanja read “묵”

Other hanja with radical 黑

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences