墨绿色 (mò lǜ sè) — blackish green; dark green (as of ink or pine t…

Definition

noun

blackish greendark green (as of ink or pine trees)

墨绿色，。
Tā chuān le yí jiàn mò lǜ sè de wài tào, xiǎn de hěn chén wěn.
He wore a blackish green coat, which made him look very steady.
墨绿色，。
Kè tīng de qiáng bì shuā chéng le mò lǜ sè, pèi shàng bái sè jiā jù hěn xié tiáo.
The living room walls were painted blackish green, which matches well with white furniture.
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Mò lǜ de sōng shù lín zài xuě dì lǐ gé wài xǐng mù.
The blackish green pine forest stood out strikingly in the snowy ground.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

墨绿dark green

偏正Modifier + head

墨 gives an ink-like darkness, 绿 is green, and 色 is color.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

黑土墨

Meaning part形符xíngfú

土土tǔsoil

Sound part声符shēngfú

黑

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

墨 is built from 土 (soil) and 黑, with 黑 giving the sound.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 綠; 绿 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mì

Sound part声符shēngfú

彔

彔lù綠lù

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 綠 uses 糸 to show silk and 彔 for sound; the simplified 绿 is a later abbreviation, so its parts are not the original pieces.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

色 pairs 爪 (a hand) with 卩 (a kneeling person), showing a hand pressing down on the kneeling person.