白
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[edit] Etymology
This character originally showed an acorn. The character acquired its current meaning of white from the color of the acorn's meat. The original meaning has been lost.
[edit] Han character
白 (radical 106 白+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹日 (HA), four-corner 26000)
- white
- pure, unblemished
- bright
- used as a surname
[edit] 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
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
白 (Yale baak6)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Kanji
白 (grade 1 kanji)
[edit] Readings
[edit] Compounds
[edit] Noun
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
白
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 백 (revised: baek, McCune-Reischauer: paek, Yale: payk)
- Name (hangeul): 희다 (revised: huida, McCune-Reischauer: hŭida, Yale: huyta)
[edit] See also
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
白 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bái)
白 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bó)
- (literary) white
[edit] Usage notes
- The bó reading is almost never used in spoken Mandarin. The most famous usage of bó is when it is used in the name of a famous Tang dynasty poet: 李白 (Pin Lǐ Bó, now commonly referred to as Lǐ Bái).
[edit] Compounds
- 漂白 (piǎo bái)
[edit] Middle Chinese
[edit] Han character
白 (*bhæk)
[edit] Min Nan
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[edit] Adjective
白 (traditional and simplified, POJ pe̍h)
[edit] Adjective
白 (traditional and simplified, POJ pe̍k)
- used abstractly in compound words to convey the sense of transparent, unobscured or understandable
[edit] Usage notes
- Read as pe̍h when by itself, and in most compounds. There are only a few compounds in which the pe̍k reading is used.
[edit] Vietnamese
[edit] Han character
[edit] Adjective
白
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