白

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 3.2 Noun 3.3 Related terms 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.2 See also 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Adjective 5.2.1 Usage notes 5.2.2 Compounds 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Min Nan 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Adjective 7.3 Adjective 7.4 Usage notes 8 Vietnamese 8.1 Han character 8.2 Adjective

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[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)

1. white
2. pure, unblemished
3. bright
4. 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

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

白 (Yale baak6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

白 (grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• Go'on: びゃく (byaku)
• Kan'on: はく (haku)
• Kun: しろ (shiro), しろい (shiroi), もうす (mousu)

[edit] Compounds

• 白銀
• 白夜
• 白蟻
• 潔白
• 面白い (おもしろい, omoshiroi)
• 漂白剤 (hyōhakuzai)

[edit] Noun

白 (hiragana しろ, romaji shiro)

1. white
2. a white go stone
3. innocence

[edit] Related terms

• 白い(しろい, shiroi) (Adjective form)
• しらを切る(しらをきる, shirawokiru)

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[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

• 擘

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ pai˧˥ ]
• IPA: [ pɔ˧˥ ]

[edit] Adjective

白 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bái)

1. white

白 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bó)

1. (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)

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

白 (*bhæk)

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ peʔ˥˥ ]
• IPA: [ pek˥˥ ]

[edit] Adjective

白 (traditional and simplified, POJ pe̍h)

1. white

[edit] Adjective

白 (traditional and simplified, POJ pe̍k)

1. 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.

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

白 (bạch, bạc)

[edit] Adjective

白

1. white