垩 Stroke Order

垩 1. White earth, generally referring to earth that can be used for decoration. 2. To decorate with white earth. 1. White earth, generally referring to earth that can be used for decoration: white ～ (commonly referred to as "white earth"). Also known as "big white." 2. To decorate with white earth: ～ wall. ～ floor. ～ room (a house painted with white earth, where filial sons lived after the eleventh month of their parents' death sacrifice at the ancestral temple). 垩 恶 è 名 (noun) 本义: White earth that can be used to decorate walls. 造字法: Phonetic-semantic compound; composed of 土 (earth) and 亚 (sub-). 1. Later, it generally refers to various colored earths that can be used for decoration. 垩 恶 è 动 (verb) 1. To paint walls with white paint ([En.] whitewash). 垩 恶 è 名 (noun) 本义: White earth that can be used to decorate walls. 造字法: Phonetic-semantic compound; composed of 土 (earth) and 亚 (sub-). 引: 1. "Shuowen": "垩, white paint." 2. "Shan Hai Jing, Western Mountains": "The mountain of great size has much垩." Note: "垩 resembles earth and is very white." 3. Sima Xiangru, in "Zi Xu Fu": "Its earth is red, blue, and垩." 4. "Gu Liang Zhuan, Year 23 of Duke Zhuang": "The son of heaven and the lords are dark and垩." 1. Later, it generally refers to various colored earths that can be used for decoration. Example: 垩灰 (a name for lime); 垩笔 (chalk). 垩 恶 è 动 (verb) 1. To paint walls with white paint ([En.] whitewash). 引: 1. "Guang Ya, Explanation of Rooms": "垩, to coat." 2. "Book of Later Han, Biography of Yin Min": "垩 floor." 3. "Rites of Zhou, Si Tiao": "In that tiào, maintain the dark and垩." Example: 垩帚 (tool for whitewashing walls); 垩室 (a house where mourners lived, with walls coated in white mud); 垩车 (a vehicle for mourners painted white); 垩涂 (to decorate); 垩庐 (垩 room).