INK    墨水墨

TYPICALLY BLACK LIQUID one USES TO WRITE OR PAINT with.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current word for ink in Han times is mò 墨, and it is important to realise that this did not refer to an inkslab in Warring States times, but rather to an ink powder which was mixed with water to produce a kind of ink mud with one's hands. The ink slab became current from Han times onwards. 2. Yàn 硯 refers to an inkstone on which the inkslab is rubbed in order to produce ink. The earliest inkslabs are from Western Han times. These could be round or round on one side and right-angled on the other. See illustrations.
Modern Chinese Criteria
墨汁 墨水 松腴 朱墨 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
See also
  • BRUSHTOOL CONTAINING a HANDLE AND HAIR OR RESEMBLING THINGS FIXED ON that HANDLE.
Hypernym
  • LIQUID　SUBSTANCE which CAN FLOW. (anc: 5/0, child: 9)
  • SUBSTANCE　THING NOT SEPARATED into SEPARATE PARTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 28)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 18.58

  • Verzeichnis und Motivindex der Han-Darstellungen ( FINSTERBUSCH 1966) p. 245

    Tusche:

  • 中國文化史三百題 ( SANBAITI 1987) p. 306

    • Words (3 items)

    墨  mò OC: mɯɯɡ MC: mək 14 Attributions

    The current word for ink in Han times is mò 墨, and it is important to realise that this did not refer to an inkslab in Warring States times, but rather to an ink powder which was mixed with water to produce a kind of ink mud with one's hands. The ink slab became current from Han times onwards.

      Syntactic words
    • nadVinstrumentwith ink
    • nmink powder; black inkslab
    • vtoNcausativecause to be inke, dip in ink; mix with ink
    書滴  shū dī MC: syo tek OC: qhlja k-leeɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPminkCH
    硯  yàn OC: ŋɡeens MC: ŋen 1 Attribution

    Yàn 硯 refers to an inkstone on which the inkslab is rubbed in order to produce ink. The earliest inkslabs are from Western Han times. These could be round or round on one side and right-angled on the other. See illustrations.

      Syntactic words
    • nminkstone