白
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Translingual
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Han character
白 (radical 106, 白+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹日 (HA), four-corner 26000, composition ⿱丿日)
- Kangxi radical #106, ⽩.
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 785, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22678
- Dae Jaweon: page 1196, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2642, character 1
- Unihan data for U+767D
Chinese
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白 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 白 | |||
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (白) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 怕 | *pʰraːɡs, *pʰraːɡ |
| 帕 | *pʰraːɡs, *mbraːd |
| 粕 | *pʰaːɡ, *pʰraːɡ |
| 胉 | *pʰaːɡ |
| 泊 | *baːɡ |
| 箔 | *baːɡ |
| 魄 | *tʰaːɡ, *pʰraːɡ |
| 皕 | *prɯɡ |
| 伯 | *praːɡ |
| 百 | *praːɡ |
| 迫 | *praːɡ |
| 敀 | *praːɡ, *pʰraːɡ |
| 柏 | *praːɡ |
| 湐 | *praːɡ |
| 拍 | *pʰraːɡ |
| 珀 | *pʰraːɡ |
| 皛 | *pʰraːɡ, *ɡeːwʔ |
| 洦 | *mpʰraːɡ, *mbraːɡ |
| 白 | *braːɡ |
| 帛 | *braːɡ |
| 舶 | *braːɡ |
| 鮊 | *braːɡ |
| 陌 | *mbraːɡ |
| 帞 | *mbraːɡ |
| 袹 | *mbraːɡ |
| 蛨 | *mbraːɡ |
| 貊 | *mbraːɡ |
| 佰 | *mbraːɡ |
| 銆 | *mbraːɡ |
| 碧 | *praɡ, *preɡ |
| 咟 | *ɦmreːɡ |
Pictogram (象形) – originally an acorn. The character acquired its current meaning of white from the color of the acorn’s flesh. The original meaning has been lost. (Compare 自 – originally “nose”, now “self”.)
Pronunciation
Definitions
白
- white
- clear; easy to understand
- clear; pure; plain; blank
- vernacular
- dialect
- 蘇白 / 苏白 ― sūbái ― Suzhou dialect
- 京白 ― jīngbái ― Beijing dialect
- Short for 白讀／白读 (báidú, “colloquial reading”).
- reactionary; anticommunist
- in vain; for nothing
- free of charge; gratuitous; gratis
- to stare coldly; to stare at someone with the white of the eyes
- to explain; to present; to state
- to mispronounce or wrongly write a character
- spoken lines in opera
- funeral
- A surname. Bai
Compounds
Derived terms from 白
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See also
| Colors in Chinese · 顏色／颜色 (yánsè) (layout · text) | |||||
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| 白色 (báisè) | 灰色 (huīsè) | 黑色 (hēisè) | 棕色 (zōngsè), 褐色 (hèsè) | ||
| 粉紅色／粉红色 (fěnhóngsè) | 紅色／红色 (hóngsè), 赤色 (chìsè) ; 豔紅色／艳红色 (yànhóngsè) | 橙色 (chéngsè) | 黃色／黄色 (huángsè) ; 奶油色 (nǎiyóusè) | ||
| 青檸色／青柠色 (qīngníngsè) | 綠色／绿色 (lǜsè) | 青色 (qīngsè) ; 深青色 | |||
| 天藍色／天蓝色 (tiānlánsè) | 藍色／蓝色 (lánsè) | 紫羅蘭色／紫罗兰色 (zǐluólán sè) ; 靛色 (diànsè) | 洋紅色／洋红色 (yánghóngsè) ; 紫色 (zǐsè) | ||
Japanese
Kanji
白
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
- 白銀 (hakugin)
- 曝白 (bakuhaku): whitening in exposure to the sun
- 白毫 (byakugō): urna
- 白芷 (byakushi): Angelica dahurica, additionally, its root used in traditional Chinese medicine; Heracleum sphondylium var. nipponicum
- 白檀 (byakudan): Indian sandalwood
- 白夜 (byakuya): midnight sun
- 白緑 (byakuroku): whitish green
- 白狐 (byakko): white fox; arctic fox
- 白雨 (hakuu)
- 白色 (hakushoku): white
- 潔白 (keppaku)
- 漂白 (hyōhaku)
- 腕白 (wanpaku): naughty
- 白書 (hakusho): white paper
- 白癬 (hakusen)
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 白 |
| しろ Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi |
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 白蟻 (shiroari): termite, white ant
- 白腹 (shirohara): pale thrush
Noun
白 (hiragana しら, rōmaji shira)
- white, Old Japanese pronunciation, now only seen in compounds
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 白髪 (shiraga): white hair
- 白鳥 (shiratori): swan
- 白羽 (shiraha): white feather
- 白地 (shiraji): white background
- 白樺 (shirakaba): Japanese white birch
- 白木 (shiraki): plain wood, unfinished woodwork
- 白雪 (shirayuki): white snow
- 白旗 (shirahata): white flag
- 白浜 (shirahama): white sandy beach
- 白壁 (shirakabe): white plaster wall
- 白子 (shirako): soft roe, milt
- 白百合 (shirayuri): white lily
- 白糸 (shiraito): white thread
- 白菊 (shiragiku): white chrysanthemum
- 白鷺 (shirasagi): generic name for herons with all-white plumage (inc. egrets)
- 白州 (shirasu), 白洲 (shirasu), 白沙 (shirasu): bar of white sand
- 白梅 (shiraume): white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum
- 白む (shiramu): to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
- 白雲 (shirakumo): white clouds
- 白玉 (shiratama): white gem (e.g. pearl)
- 白玉椿 (shiratamatsubaki): common camelia
- 白ける (shirakeru):
- 白子干し (shirasuboshi): dried young sardines
- 白刃 (shiraha): drawn sword, naked sword
- 白滝 (shirataki): sheet-like waterfall
- 白茶ける (shirachakeru): to fade, to discolor
- 白白しい (shirajirashii), 白々しい (shirajirashii): pure-white, very clear
- 白魚 (shirauo): icefish
- 白帆 (shiraho): white sail
- 白露 (shiratsuyu): glistening dew
- 白砂 (shirasuna): white sand
- 白太 (shirata): sapwood
- 白癩 (shirahatake): vitiligo
- 白絹 (shiraginu): white silk
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 白 |
| はく Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi |
Pronunciation
Noun
Related terms
See also
| Colors in Japanese · 色 (iro) (layout · text) | |||||
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| 白 (shiro) | 灰色 (haiiro), 鼠色 (nezumiiro) (dated) |
黒 (kuro) | 茶色 (chairo), 褐色 (kasshoku) | ||
| ピンク (pinku), 桃色 (momoiro) |
赤 (aka) ; 深紅 (shinku), クリムゾン (kurimuzon), 紅色 (beniiro), 紅色 (kurenaiiro) |
オレンジ (orenji), 橙色 (daidaiiro) |
黄色 (kiiro) ; クリーム色 (kurīmuiro) | ||
| 黄緑 (kimidori) | 緑 (midori), 青 (ao) (dated) |
シアン (shian) ; 鴨の羽色 (kamo no hane iro) | |||
| 水色 (mizuiro) | 青 (ao) | 菫色 (sumireiro) ; 藍色 (aiiro), インジゴ (injigo) |
マゼンタ (mazenta) ; 紫 (murasaki) | ||
References
Korean
Hanja
Hanja
白 (eumhun 아뢸 백 (aroel baek))
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See also
Vietnamese
Han character
Adjective
白
Proper noun
白
- A surname.
- A male or female given name
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