Etymology

sancai

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Chinese 三彩
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The story

  1. Chinese · borrowed from三彩“three colours”
  2. English todaysancai

Borrowed from Chinese 三彩 (“three colours”).

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