白 — Chinese character
白
bái
white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
- Pinyin
- bái
- Radical
- 106 ⽩ (White)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 日
- Formation
- ideographic — A burning candle; the rays of the sun
- Japanese
- 白 as a kanji
Common words with 白
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 明白 | míng bai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable |
| 白色 | bái sè | white; fig. reactionary |
| 白人 | bái rén | white man or woman; Caucasian |
| 白天 | bái tiān | daytime; during the day |
| 白痴 | bái chī | idiocy; idiot |
| 空白 | kòng bái | blank space |
| 黑白 | hēi bái | black and white; right and wrong |
| 蛋白质 (蛋白質) | dàn bái zhì | protein |
| 蛋白 | dàn bái | egg white; protein |
| 白银 (白銀) | bái yín | silver |
| 白领 (白領) | bái lǐng | white-collar; white-collar worker |
| 坦白 | tǎn bái | honest; forthcoming |
English words written with 白
白 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Analects 2 · I Ching 3 · Mencius 22 · Zhuangzi 34 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 10
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 28
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 41
- Analects 11.5
- Analects 17.7
- Hexagram 22
- Hexagram 28
- Mencius 1A.2
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