white

Components
白 meaning component

  Meaning component

bái

  

white

white

番 sound component

  Sound component

fānpān

  

to take turns

Evolution

皤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
皤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
皤 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
皤 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

white, grey; corpulent; white