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垩

è

Character Traditional 堊

What 垩 means

1. to whitewash
2. to plaster

Words containing 垩

• 白垩bái èchalk
• 白垩世Bái è shìCretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)
• 白垩纪Bái è jìCretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)

Characters that look like 垩

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 受shòuto receive; to accept; to suffer
• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 垫diànpad; cushion; mat
• 鸯yāngused in 鸳鸯
• 叟sǒuold gentleman; old man
• 茔yíng(literary) a grave

Sounds the same

Read è, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 饿hungry; to starve (sb)
• 恶evil; fierce; vicious
• 遏to restrain; to check; to hold back
• 厄distressed
• 呃(exclamation); to hiccup
• 萼calyx of a flower
• 锷blade edge; sharp
• 鳄(bound form) alligator; crocodile
• 愕startled
• 噩startling
• 扼to grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard
• 颚jaw; palate