








ochre
red ochre
Scientific analysis reveals that the colors were derived from ocher and other iron oxides ground into a fine powder.
The craftsmen came only to work, collecting their hammer stones and grindstones nearby and the chunks of ocher from perhaps as far away as 12 miles.

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Open the tool →赭石 (zhě shí) means “ochre, red ochre”.
赭石 is pronounced zhě shí in Mandarin Chinese.
“ochre” is 赭石 (zhě shí) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 赭石, each with pinyin and an English translation.