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垩

堊
è
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 white clay; chalk
  2. 2 to whitewash

Examples

白垩纪因白色的垩土而得名。
Báièjì yīn báisè de ètǔ ér démíng.
The Cretaceous is named in Chinese after chalk deposits.
工人用垩粉刷了墙。
Gōngrén yòng è fěnshuā le qiáng.
Workers whitewashed the wall.

Tips

usage
Best known in 白垩纪 — the Cretaceous Period, literally the 'white-chalk era', named for its chalk beds. 垩 by itself means white clay used to coat walls.

Components

radical
土 tǔ
earth; soil
Bottom earth radical 土. Chalk is a kind of white clay, so the soil radical carries the core meaning.
phonetic
亚 yà
second; (here) sound
Top 亚 supplies the sound (è shifted from yà); its 'second / inferior' meaning has no part here.

Stroke Order

垩 è