è垩（堊）
垩（堊）
technical
literary
dialect
Meaning of 垩
垩 means chalk; white earth; to whitewash; to coat with chalk. Pronounced è.
- chalk; white earth
- to whitewash; to coat with chalk
- to fertilize (soil)
Character Info
Radical土
Strokes11
Stroke Order
垩
Definitions & Examples
Zhè这
zhǒng种
bái白
è垩
shì是
zhòng重
yào要
de的
gōng工
yè业
yuán原
liào料
。
This type of chalk is an important industrial raw material.
Bái白
è垩
jì纪
shì是
dì地
zhì质
nián年
dài代
de的
yī一
gè个
shí时
qī期
。
The Cretaceous period is an era in geological time.
Qiáng墙
bì壁
shàng上
yǒu有
xiē些
dì地
fāng方
lù露
chū出
le了
dǐ底
céng层
de的
è垩
。
In some places on the wall, the underlying chalk is exposed.