How to write 黛

黛 dài 1. A dark pigment used by women in ancient times to paint their eyebrows: 黛色 (dark pigment), 黛眉 (eyebrows painted with dark pigment), 粉黛 (powdered dark pigment), 黛绿 (dark green), 黛蓝 (dark blue), 黛紫 (dark purple). 2. Refers to women's eyebrows (女子眉毛的代称). 3. Beauty (美女). 黛 dài 【本义】: A dark pigment used by women in ancient times to paint their eyebrows. 【造字法】: Phono-semantic compound formed from 黑 (black) and 代 (represent). 1. Same as the original meaning: a dark pigment used by women in ancient times to paint their eyebrows. 引证: 1. In the "Shuowen Jiezi": 黛 refers to painting eyebrows. 2. In "Tong Su Wen": A stone dyed black is called 点黛. 3. In "Shiming": 黛 is to replace (代). When the eyebrows are erased, it is used to paint in their place. 4. From Bai Juyi's "Chang Hen Ge": The six palaces are devoid of color due to the powder and dark pigment. 5. In "Dream of the Red Chamber": There is a stone in the West named 黛, which can serve as a dark pigment for painting eyebrows. Examples: 黛岑 (mountains that are dark as pigment); 黛螺 (a dark pigment used for painting or eyebrow makeup). 2. Refers to women's eyebrows (女子眉毛的代称). Examples: 黛眉 (eyebrows); 黛笔 (a brush used by ancient women to paint their eyebrows). 3. Beauty (美女). Examples: 黛娥 (a metaphor for beauty); 黛绿年华 (a metaphor for a woman's youth). 黛 dài 【形】: A dark color (青黑色). 引证: 1. In Du Fu's "Gubai Xing": The frost skin slides with rain, reaching two thousand feet of dark color. 2. In Lu Xun's "Hometown": The green mountains on both banks... have all been dressed in a deep dark color. Examples: 黛烟 (dark colored smoke); 黛青 (dark as eyebrow pigment); 黛色 (dark color).