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堊

简垩 · 繁堊

Mandarin · pinyin è

to whitewash
to plaster

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堊: Look up this written character
垩: è · holy, sacred, sage; simplification of 堊 chalk; daub with chalk

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chalk; white clay
to whitewash; to plaster with white clay
(Wu, Jianghuai Mandarin) to apply fertilizer

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