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堊
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垩
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white

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Landforms
è
アク、ア、オ
いろつち、しろつち
악
Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 亞 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (堊)
土 earth+ 亞 Asia =
堊 white
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
亞 Phonetic component
Asia
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Simplified (垩)
土 earth+ 亚 second =
垩 holy
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
soil, earth
亚 Phonetic component
yà second
Asia
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Notes
Similar Characters
埡 used (trad)压 oppress (simp)厓 precipice圩 dike圪 phonetic圬 plaster over with圮 ruined圯 bank地 ground/earth圳 furrow in field圹 prairie (simp)场 open space (simp)圻 border (alt)圼 圾 trash址 address坂 slope均 equal坊 workshop坌 earth
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
堊
Regular
Modern
Chinese
垩 / 堊 [è]
to whitewash; to plaster
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (3)
白垩纪 [Bái​'è​jì] #34,560
Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)
白垩 [bái​'è] #38,093
chalk
白垩世 [Bái​'è​shì]
Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
白亜 [はくあ] #27,776
chalk (rock)
白亜館 [はくあかん] #243,041
White House