Chinese Character Wiki
白

bái

white

Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a thumb.

Evolution

白 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
白 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
白 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

白  

bái

white; pure, unblemished; bright; snowy; pure; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera

白  

Bái

surname Bai

Most common words with 白
Freq.
Word
Meaning

明白

clear

白

white

白痴

idiocy

白色

white

白天

daytime

Component uses

Meaning component in 16 characters (2 verified)

的 敫 帕 皙 兜 珀 皓 皖 皑 皚 皎 皤 㣎 皅 皒 皦

Sound component in 14 characters (7 verified)

百 樂 怕 伯 迫 拍 帛 柏 泊 舶 魄 珀 粕 铂

Unknown component in 2 characters (1 verified)

皆 皋

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*bˤrak

baek

bái

white


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 96.2198% of movies

195th most common character in movies

286th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+767D

Shuowen

“白，西方色也。陰用事，物色白。从入合二。二，陰數。，古文白。”


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