Chinese edit

 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
earth; dust; rural
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
simp. and trad.
(白土)
anagram 土白

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

白土

  1. (literary) chalk (the stone)
  2. (archaic) white potter's clay; kaolin; china clay
  3. (archaic) opium
  4. (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
はく
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
kan’on kan’yōon

Possibly from Middle Chinese 白土 (MC baek thuX|duX).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(はく)() (hakudo

  1. white soil or earth
  2. a weathered white rock, such as rhyolite, used for paints, cement mixtures, etc.
  3. 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 {{rfdef}}.
Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

(はく)() (Hakudo

  1. a surname

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
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 (shira, white) +‎ (tsuchi, earth, soil).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(しら)(つち) (shiratsuchi

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

Proper noun edit

(しら)(つち) (Shiratsuchi

  1. a surname

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
しろ
Grade: 1
つち
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of (shiro, white) +‎ (tsuchi, earth, soil).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(しろ)(つち) (shirotsuchi

  1. Same as しらつち (shiratsuchi) above

Proper noun edit

(しろ)(つち) (Shirotsuchi

  1. a surname

Etymology 4 edit

Kanji in this term
しら
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese.

Compound of (shira, white) +‎ (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).

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

(しら)() (shirani

  1. white soil used as a pigment

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN