垩
è

holy

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 亚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 堊.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
亚
亚 Sound component
yà Asia, sub-

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

堊 holy Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 亞 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
亞
亞 Sound component
yà Asia, sub-

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔakʔˤakplaster (v.)
Zhengzhangqaːɡ

說文解字

白涂也。从土亞聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)