白土

白土

1. (archaic) chalk (the stone)

   • 令人各以白土，書「甲子」二字於家中大門上。 [MSC, trad.]
     令人各以白土，书“甲子”二字于家中大门上。 [MSC, simp.]

     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.

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)”).

• (chalk): 白堊／白垩 (bái'è)
• (white potter's clay):

• (opium): 阿片 (āpiàn), 鴉片／鸦片 (yāpiàn), (Min Nan) 烏薰／乌薰

Possibly from Middle Chinese 白土 (MC bˠæk̚ tʰuo^X|duo^X).

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) は​くど [háꜜkùdò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ha̠kɯ̟ᵝdo̞]

白土 (hiragana はくど, rōmaji 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}}.

• 活 (かっ)性 (せい)白 (はく)土 (ど) (kassei hakudo)
• 酸 (さん)性 (せい)白 (はく)土 (ど) (sansei hakudo)
• パイプ白 (はく)土 (ど) (paipu hakudo)

白土 (hiragana はくど, rōmaji Hakudo)

1. a surname

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Hizen-no-kuni Fudoki (c. 739 CE).

Compound of 白 (shira, “white”) +‎ 土 (tsuchi, “earth, soil”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しらつち [shìrátsúchí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠t͡sɨᵝt͡ɕi]

白土 (hiragana しらつち, rōmaji shiratsuchi)

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

• (white soil, white lacquer): 白 (はく)亜 (あ), 白 (はく)堊 (あ) (hakua)
• (pottery clay): 陶 (とう)土 (ど) (tōdo)

白土 (hiragana しらつち, rōmaji Shiratsuchi)

1. a surname

Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) +‎ 土 (tsuchi, “earth, soil”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) しろつち [shìrótsúchí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞t͡sɨᵝt͡ɕi]

白土 (hiragana しろつち, rōmaji shirotsuchi)

1. Same as しらつち (shiratsuchi) above

白土 (hiragana しろつち, rōmaji Shirotsuchi)

1. a surname

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”).

• 白粉

白土 (hiragana しらに, rōmaji shirani)

1. white soil used as a pigment