垩

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èno initial · 4th tone — spelling rules

to whitewash · to plaster

Radical: 土 Strokes: 9

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

地土城坐场堂圣基塞墨在塔

Same radical

地土城坐场堂圣基塞墨在塔壁垂境

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Stroke Order · 9 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

垩=亚+土

Etymology

earth

Meanings

to whitewash

to plaster

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Words with 垩 21 total

chalk白垩bái è Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)白垩世Bái è shì Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)白垩纪Bái è jì