堊

See also: 垩 and 聖

Translingual

Han character

堊 (radical 32 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一一土 (MMG), four-corner 1010₄, composition ⿱亞土)

1. white earth
2. to daub with white mud

References

• KangXi: page 232, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5215
• Dae Jaweon: page 469, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 449, character 6
• Unihan data for U+580A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

堊 (simplified 垩, Jyutping ok3, Yale ok3)

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Japanese

Kanji

堊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. whitewash

Readings

• Goon: あく (aku)
• Kan’on: あく (aku)
• Kan’yōon: あ (a)
• On (unclassified): お (o)
• Kun: いろつち (irotsuchi), しらつち (shiratsuchi), しろつち (shirotsuchi)

Etymology

Compound of 白 (しら, shira, “white”) +‎ 土 (つち, tsuchi, “earth, soil”). The shira portion can alternately be pronounced shiro.

Noun

堊 (hiragana しらつち, romaji shiratsuchi)

堊 (hiragana しろつち, romaji shirotsuchi)

1. white soil or earth, such as chalk
2. kaolin or other clay used for pottery or ceramics
3. white lacquer

Usage notes

Uncommon spelling. More commonly spelled as 白土.

Alternative forms

• 白土 (しらつち, shiratsuchi; しろつち, shirotsuchi)

Synonyms

• (white soil or earth): 白亜, 白堊 (はくあ, hakua)
• (white soil or earth): 白土 (はくど, hakudo)
• (potter's clay): 陶土 (とうど, tōdo)
• (white lacquer): 白亜, 白堊 (はくあ, hakua)

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Korean

Hanja

堊 (ak) (hangeul 악, revised ak, McCune-Reischauer ak)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

堊 (simplified 垩, Pinyin è (e4), Wade-Giles o⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

堊 (ác)

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