The Chinese Radical: 白


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Meaning
white    白

Explanation In strong sunshine, you are blinded by the brightness. Such that: The rays of the sun make everything: white.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
target, aim, really and truly, clear
de, dí, dì
Left: white (The shine of the sun makes it white.), right: ladle
(i.e. at bow shooting/archery:) A white ladle serves: as target.
JLPT HSK 2
hundred, 100, numerous
bǎi
One stroke and white (Originally the image of a thumbnail symbolizing 100 in gesture language.)
Tilt your head to the right and you see a 1 with two zeros = 100.
JLPT HSK 2
white, pure, bright, empty, clear, in vain
bái
The sun with a sun ray
(You are dazzled) The shining sun makes it: white.
JLPT HSK 3
to fear, to be afraid, to dread

Left: feelings , right: white (The shine of the sun makes it white.)
(If everything is blindingly white , you can't see anything, like snow blindness.) The feelings in the white can be fear.
JLPT HSK 4
origin, cause, primary
yuán
Top: cliff , bottom: variant of spring (white and small instead of water )
Under the cliff, the small spring has its origin.
JLPT HSK 4
appearance
mào
Left: (hairy animal, cf. wild animal ), right: white , legs
A hairy animal with white legs is a special appearance.
JLPT HSK 4
spring (small stream) spring water, fountain
quán
Top: white (The shine of the sun makes it white.), bottom: water
White water from the spring.
JLPT HSK 4
to invite, to request, to intercept, to solicit or seek
yāo
Left: movement , right: (white , release, let loose (In his side he was striked 攵, until he released) cf.
The movement with which I hold the white stick in my hand in a direction, is an invitation.
JLPT HSK 4
violent, to arouse, to excite, fierce

Left: water , right: (white , rest: let go/release [In his side he was striked 攵 until he released] - cf.
(During a storm at sea:) When the water is white (= has white foam crests) and into all sides/directions it is striking 攵, it becomes violent.
JLPT HSK 5
to slap, to pat, to clap, racket
pāi
Left: hand , right: white (The shine of the sun makes it white.)
("white finger disease" = blood circulatory disorder) The hand is white from (rhythmical) slapping.
JLPT HSK 5
to force, pressing, to compel, urgent

Left: movement , right: white (sun with a ray as sunshine)
(I want into the shade) The white sunshine urges my movement with force.
JLPT HSK 5
soap, black
zào
Top: white , bottom: seven 七 (or below variant of early )
Making it 'white', early 7:00 am in the morning: Take the soap.
JLPT HSK 6
to hand over, transfer, to seize, capture
jiǎo
Left: thread 纟/, right: white , release (In his side he was striked 攵 until he released) cf.
(He wants only the best quality) He wants threads that are white and beaten in one direction (= cleanly spun) to be transferred to him.
JLPT HSK 6
father's elder brother, senior

Left: person , right: white (The shine of the sun makes it white.)
The person with "white" (= the hair) is my elder oncle.
JLPT HSK 6
emperor
huáng
Top: white (The shine of the sun makes it white.), below: king . Here: consider as an emphasis over a sun )
This particular (emphasized) sun is above the king: It is the emperor.
JLPT HSK 6
to anchor, touch at, to moor

Left: water , right: white (The shine of the sun makes it white)
Where the water is white (= clean) we shall anchor.
JLPT HSK 6
sea-going vessels, ship

Left: boat/ship (rowing boat with two persons ), right: white (The shine of the sun makes it white)
Not just a boat, but a white ship.
JLPT HSK 6
soul, spirit, vigor

Left: white (The shine of the sun makes it white.), right: demon/devil
The "white" devil determines your soul.
JLPT HSK 6
bag, pocket, to take responsibility
dōu
Inside: white , outside: handles コ, and legs (or tassels ..)
A white bag with handles and tassels.
JLPT HSK 6
each and every, all, in all cases
jiē
Top: compare (two sitting persons ), below: white (The shine of the sun makes it white)
(Blinded by the bright sun:) I compare but the rays of the sun make it white: all & everything!
JLPT no HSK
green jade, bluish green, blue, jade

Top: ambre 珀 (The king's white ), bottom: stone
But the king's white stone is green jade.
JLPT no HSK
(sound) bang

Left: mouth , right: to slap, to pat 拍 (The hand is white from slapping)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of a slap is: bang!
JLPT no HSK
cedar, cypress
bǎi, bò, bó
Left: tree , right: white (The shine of the sun makes it white)
(The wax surface of the needles reflects silvery) The tree that is white is the cedar.
JLPT no HSK
gland
xiàn
Left: body part /, right: spring/fountain (... of white water )
The body's "springs" are the glands.
JLPT no HSK
amber

Left: king , right: white (The shine of the sun makes it white)
The king's "white" is amber.
JLPT no HSK
bright, luminous, white (i.e. teeth or white hair)
hào
Left: white (The shine of the sun makes it white), right: announce (The cow opens the mouth to announce sth.)
A 'white' that is announced is bright and luminous.
JLPT no HSK
handkerchief, to wrap, headscarf

Left: cloth , right: white (The shine of the sun makes it white.)
The cloth in white is: the handkerchief.
JLPT no HSK
abbr. for Anhui 安徽 province
wǎn
Left: white (The shine of the sun makes it white), right: finished/complete: 完 (A roof needs an origin (= groundwork, seating) to be finished and complete. [Origin: =two legs ]
In white and finished: the Anhui province
JLPT no HSK
locust, grasshopper
huáng
Left: insect , right: emperor (=the sun--ray-king )
Amoung the insects is the emperor: the locust!
JLPT no HSK
regular script (calligraphic style), model, pattern
kǎi
Left: tree , right: every/each (I compare but the rays of the sun make it white : all & everything!)
Like trees are all (= of the single strokes) in the regular script.
JLPT no HSK
comply with, to follow (rule)
guī
Left: white (The shine of the sun makes it white.), right: opposition (Climbing the cliff by hand ? I am opposing!)
The white (sign) that is opposite to you, should be complied.
JLPT no HSK
silk

Top: white (The shine of the sun makes it white), bottom: cloth, fabric
The white cloth is: silk.
JLPT no HSK
pleat, crease
zhě
Left: clothes 衤/, right: 習 (wing, feather /习 und weiß )
If the clothes have "white wings", they are: pleats.
JLPT no HSK
solemn, reverent, calm

Left: rice plant , right: variant of spring 原 (white water/river (=), hair (= three drops of water)
For the rice plants, a white river of three water-drops flows and it becomes: solemn.
JLPT no HSK
snow-white, blinding-white
ái
Left: white (The shine of the sun makes it white), right: How? (Up to the mountain ? Myself ? How??)
The 'white' of the mountains themselves is: snow-white.
JLPT no HSK
marsh, swamp, the high land along a river
gāo
Top: white (The shine of the sun makes it white), bottom: origin
(White reed grows here:) The white has its origin in the marsh/swamp.

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