白土

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Noun

白土

  1. (archaic) 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


Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
kan’on kan’yōon

Possibly from Middle Chinese 白土 (MC bˠæk̚ tʰuoX|duoX).

Pronunciation

Noun

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}}.
Derived terms
  •  (かっ) (せい) (はく) () (kassei hakudo)
  •  (さん) (せい) (はく) () (sansei hakudo)
  • パイプ (はく) () (paipu hakudo)

Proper noun

白土 (hiragana はくど, rōmaji Hakudo)

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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
Synonyms

Proper noun

白土 (hiragana しらつち, rōmaji Shiratsuchi)

  1. a surname

Etymology 3

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

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

Pronunciation

Noun

白土 (hiragana しろつち, rōmaji shirotsuchi)

  1. Same as しらつち (shiratsuchi) above

Proper noun

白土 (hiragana しろつち, rōmaji Shirotsuchi)

  1. a surname

Etymology 4

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

Noun

白土 (hiragana しらに, rōmaji shirani)

  1. white soil used as a pigment

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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