垩

垩

See also: 堊 and 聖

垩 U+57A9, 垩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-57A9 ← 垨 [U+57A8] CJK Unified Ideographs 垪 → [U+57AA]

Translingual

Han character

垩 (radical 32, 土+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一金土 (MCG), composition ⿱亚土)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 228, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5085
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 437, character 10
• Unihan data for U+57A9

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 垩 – see 堊 (“white earth; to daub with white mud”). (This character, 垩, is the simplified form of 堊.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 垩 – see 聖 (“noble; holy; sacred; etc.”). (This character, 垩, is a variant form of 聖.)

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Japanese

Kanji

垩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): せい (sei), しょう (shō)
• Kun: ひじり (hijiri)

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Korean

Hanja

垩 • (seong) (hangeul 성, revised seong, McCune–Reischauer sŏng)

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