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sancai

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
san-cai
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of decoration on Chinese pottery using glazes or slip, predominantly in the three colours of brown (or amber), green, and a creamy off-white, and particularly associated with the Tang dynasty (618–907) and its tomb figures.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 三彩 (“three colours”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

san ts'ai (alternative)

Questions

What does sancai mean?
A kind of decoration on Chinese pottery using glazes or slip, predominantly in the three colours of brown (or amber), green, and a creamy off-white, and particularly associated with the Tang dynasty (618–907) and its tomb figures.
Where does sancai come from?
Borrowed from Chinese 三彩 (“three colours”).

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