白土

Chinese

 
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)
白 土
anagram 土白

Pronunciation


Noun

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

  • (chalk):
  • (white potter's clay):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
白 土
はく
Grade: 1
ど
Grade: 1
kan’on kan’yōon

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

白(はく)土(ど) • (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
  • 活性(かっせい)白(はく)土(ど) (kassei hakudo)
  • 酸性(さんせい)白(はく)土(ど) (sansei hakudo)
  • パイプ白(はく)土(ど) (paipu hakudo)

Proper noun

白(はく)土(ど) • (Hakudo) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
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

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

Noun

白(しら)土(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

Proper noun

白(しら)土(つち) • (Shiratsuchi) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 3

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

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

白(しろ)土(つち) • (shirotsuchi) 

  1. Same as しらつち (shiratsuchi) above

Proper noun

白(しろ)土(つち) • (Shirotsuchi) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
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”).

Alternative forms

Noun

白(しら)土(に) • (shirani) 

  1. white soil used as a pigment

References

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