Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 墨


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Meaning

black ink, China ink, Mexico 墨西哥

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: black 黒 (The underside of the cooking pot is stained by fire black), below: earth

Mnemonic

Black earth is used: for ink.

Radicals

black(The lower side of the cooking pot is - by the fire - stained black.)
fire(Also this radical stands for fire.)
earth, ground
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Vocabulary

石墨 shí mò black lead; graphite; plumbago
墨西哥 Mò xī gē Mexico

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