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Inkstick

Inksticks (Chinese: 墨; pinyin: mòⓘ) or ink cakes are a type of solid Chinese ink used traditionally in several Chinese, Japanese, and East Asian art forms such as calligraphy and brush painting. Inksticks are made mainly of soot and animal glue, sometimes with incense or medicinal scents added. To make ink, the inkstick is ground against an inkstone with…

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Production

Tung oilSoybean oilTea seed oilLardPine
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GraphiteBrushesEastern HanXu ShenShuowen Jiezi
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ChinesePinyinChinese inkCalligraphyBrush painting
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Hangul
먹
Hanja
墨
Hanyu Pinyin
mòtiáo
Hán-Nôm
墨艚 墨鋑
IPA
[mwô.tʰjǎʊ] · [mɐk̚˨.tʰiw˩]
Jyutping
mak6-tiu4

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Inkstick

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples48
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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Inkstick

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related to Types · 12
Inkstick → An, Blueish, Charcoal, Chinese, Coloured, It, Lacquer, Mainly, Most, Oil, Pine, There
related to Production · 9
Inkstick → Animal, Chinese, Egg, Fraxinus, In, Incense, Soot, These, To
Transcriptions · 3
Inkstick → TranscriptionsRevised Romanizationmeok, TranscriptionsRomanizationsumi, TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinmòtiáoIPA[mwô.tʰjǎʊ]Yue: CantoneseYale RomanizationmakhtìuhJyutpingmak6-tiu4IPA[mɐk̚˨.tʰiw˩]
related to External links · 3
Inkstick → Chinese, Images, Scholarly
IPA · 2
Inkstick → [mwô.tʰjǎʊ], [mɐk̚˨.tʰiw˩]
Hangul · 1
Inkstick → 먹
Hanja · 1
Inkstick → 墨
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Inkstick → mòtiáo
Hán-Nôm · 1
Inkstick → 墨艚 墨鋑
Jyutping · 1
Inkstick → mak6-tiu4

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ink soot chinese used inks inksticks made glue calligraphy dynasty inkstone ingredients type painting brush oil animal ground grinding produced

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
InkstickHangul먹1.00infobox
InkstickHanja墨1.00infobox
InkstickHanyu Pinyinmòtiáo1.00infobox
InkstickHán-Nôm墨艚 墨鋑1.00infobox
InkstickIPA[mwô.tʰjǎʊ]1.00infobox
InkstickIPA[mɐk̚˨.tʰiw˩]1.00infobox
InkstickJyutpingmak6-tiu41.00infobox
InkstickKanaすみ1.00infobox
InkstickKanji墨1.00infobox
InkstickLiteral meaning"ink stick"1.00infobox
InkstickRevised Romanizationmeok1.00infobox
InkstickRomanizationsumi1.00infobox
InkstickSimplified Chinese墨条1.00infobox
InkstickTraditional Chinese墨條1.00infobox
InkstickTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinmòtiáoIPA[mwô.tʰjǎʊ]Yue: CantoneseYale RomanizationmakhtìuhJyutpingmak6-tiu4IPA[mɐk̚˨.tʰiw˩]1.00infobox
InkstickTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRevised Romanizationmeok1.00infobox
InkstickTranscriptionsTranscriptionsRomanizationsumi1.00infobox
InkstickVietnamese alphabetmực tàu mực thỏi1.00infobox
InkstickYale Romanizationmakhtìuh1.00infobox

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