白土
Chinese edit
white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous |
earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian | ||
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simp. and trad. (白土) |
白 | 土 | |
anagram | 土白 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
白土
- (literary) chalk (the stone)
- 令人各以白土,書「甲子」二字於家中大門上。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 1
- Lìng rén gè yǐ báitǔ, shū “jiǎzǐ” èr zì yú jiā zhōng dàmén shàng. [Pinyin]
- He ordered (his followers) to use chalk to write "a new beginning" on the outer doors of their homes.
令人各以白土,书「甲子」二字于家中大门上。 [MSC, simp.]
- (archaic) white potter's clay; kaolin; china clay
- (archaic) opium
- (archaic) Alternative name for 冀州 (Jìzhōu, “Ji Province (one of the Nine Provinces of ancient China)”).
Synonyms edit
- (chalk):
- (white potter's clay):
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 土 |
はく Grade: 1 |
ど Grade: 1 |
kan’on | kan’yōon |
Possibly from Middle Chinese 白土 (MC baek thuX|duX).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- white soil or earth
- a weathered white rock, such as rhyolite, used for paints, cement mixtures, etc.
- Short for 酸性白土 (sansei hakudo): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Derived terms edit
Proper noun edit
- a surname
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 土 |
しら Grade: 1 |
つち Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Hizen-no-kuni Fudoki (c. 739 CE).
Compound of 白 (shira, “white”) + 土 (tsuchi, “earth, soil”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
白土 • (shiratsuchi)
Synonyms edit
Proper noun edit
白土 • (Shiratsuchi)
- a surname
Etymology 3 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 土 |
しろ Grade: 1 |
つち Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) + 土 (tsuchi, “earth, soil”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
白土 • (shirotsuchi)
- Same as しらつち (shiratsuchi) above
Proper noun edit
白土 • (Shirotsuchi)
- a surname
Etymology 4 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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白 | 土 |
しら Grade: 1 |
に Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese.
Compound of 白 (shira, “white”) + 土 (ni, “earth”).
Also used in the Man'yōshū (759 CE) as 借訓 (shakkun) kana for ⟨sirani⟩, as in the phrase 知らに (shirani, “did not know”).