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堊 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「土」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
アク・ア・オあく・あ・お · aku · a · o
Kun
いろつち・しろつちirotsuchi · shirotsuchi
Meaning
white clay; chalk

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Earth 土 with 亞 as phonetic: the white clay used to plaster walls.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 白堊はくあ

    chalk; white plaster

  • 白堊紀はくあき

    the Cretaceous period

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

白堊(はくあ)紀(き)の地層(ちそう)から化石(かせき)が出(で)た。

Fossils were found in Cretaceous strata.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

白堊白堊紀堊白white紀chroni…圦sluice…址ruins坎a pit坏an ear…圻the ca…丫fork扼to gri…阨narrow哇a chil…軛a yoke
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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