黛 Stroke Order

黛 (dài) 1. A dark pigment used by women in ancient times to paint their eyebrows. (青黑色的颜料，古代女子用来画眉。) 2. A reference to women's eyebrows. (女子眉毛的代称。) 3. A term for beauty. (美女。) Additional meanings: - 黛色 (dài sè): refers to the color dark pigment (青黑色). (青黑色的颜料) - Example usage: - 黛岑 (dài cén): peaks that are dark and blackish like the pigment. - 黛螺 (dài luó): the dark pigment used for painting or drawing eyebrows. - Further examples: - 黛眉 (dài méi): eyebrows; - 黛笔 (dài bǐ): a brush used by ancient women to paint their eyebrows. - Terms connected to beauty include: - 黛娥 (dài é): a metaphor for a beautiful woman; - 黛绿年华 (dài lǜ nián huá): a metaphor for a woman's youthful years. Color Definition: - 青黑色 (dài): black. (青黑色) Examples in Literature: 1. "霜皮溜雨四十围，黛色参天二千尺。" - Du Fu (Frost skin sliding rain, forty surrounds, dark color reaches the sky for two thousand feet.) 2. "两岸的青山…都装成了深黛的颜色。" - Lu Xun (The green mountains on both banks… are all dressed in deep dark color.) Examples of its usage: - 黛烟 (dài yān): smoke that is dark and blackish; - 黛青 (dài qīng): dark green resembling eyebrows; - 黛色 (dài sè): the color of dark pigment.