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堊

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

Chinese

trad. 堊
simp. 垩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (亞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
椏 *qaːʔ, *qraː
錏 *qraː
鵶 *qraː
啞 *qraːʔ, *qraːɡs, *qraːɡ, *qraːɡ
瘂 *qraːʔ
亞 *qraːɡs
婭 *qraːɡs
俹 *qraːɡs
稏 *qraːɡs
惡 *qaː, *qaːɡs, *qaːɡ
噁 *qaːɡs
堊 *qaːɡ
蝁 *qaːɡ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 堊
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 鐸 (103)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 烏各切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔak̚/
Li
Rong		 /ʔɑk̚/
Wang
Li		 /ɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʔɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 e
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 堊
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 è
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔak ›
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔˤak/
English plaster (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 堊
Reading # 1/1
No. 14221
Phonetic
component		 亞
Rime
group		 鐸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 惡
Old
Chinese		 /*qaːɡ/

Definitions

堊

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Compounds

  • 堊室／垩室
  • 堊帚／垩帚
  • 堊慢／垩慢
  • 黃堊／黄垩
  • 黝堊／黝垩

References

Japanese

Kanji

堊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. whitewash

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

堊 (ác)

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