垩 – vocab dash

Keyword

to whitewash

chalk
to daub with chalk
holy
sacred
sagacious

Frequency: #3915
Strokes: 9

Readings

è

Mnemonic

土 (earth) gives the meaning and 亚 the sound.

Stroke order

Composed of

亚second 土earth

Used in vocabulary

白垩纪Bái'èjì

Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)

chalk

to whitewash; to plaster