white

Origin & mnemonic

This radical derives from a pictograph of a grain of rice or a bright white object in oracle-bone and ancient seal script. Over time, the image evolved into a square with a vertical stroke in the middle, representing the purity and whiteness of a pristine grain of rice.

Mnemonic: A white square with a stroke down the middle resembles a bright, pure grain of rice.

• 白bái🔊

  white

  HSK 1

  5 strokes

• 百bǎi🔊

  hundred

  HSK 1

  6 strokes

• 癿qié🔊

  (used in place names)

  6 strokes

• 皂zào🔊

  soap

  7 strokes

• 㿝xiāng🔊

  old variant of 香[xiang1]

  7 strokes

• 皀bī🔊

  one grain

  7 strokes

• 皁zào🔊

  black

  7 strokes

• 皃mào🔊

  variant of 貌[mao4]

  7 strokes

• 的de🔊

  of; ~'s (possessive particle)

  HSK 1

  8 strokes

• 皆jiē🔊

  all

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 皇huáng🔊

  emperor

  9 strokes

• 皈guī🔊

  to comply with

  9 strokes

• 皌mò🔊

  see 開皌|开皌[kai1 mo4]

  10 strokes

• 皋gāo🔊

  high riverbank

  10 strokes

• 皑ái🔊

  (literary) white as snow

  11 strokes

• 㿠huàng🔊

  (literary) (of the face) pale due to qi and blood deficiency

  11 strokes

• 皎jiǎo🔊

  bright

  11 strokes

• 皒é🔊

  see 皒皒[e2 e2]

  12 strokes

• 皓hào🔊

  (bound form) bright; luminous; white (esp. bright white teeth of youth or white hair of old age)

  12 strokes

• 皕bì🔊

  two-hundred (rarely used)

  12 strokes

• 皖Wǎn🔊

  short name for Anhui 安徽[An1 hui1]

  12 strokes

• 皘qiàn🔊

  white

  13 strokes

• 皙xī🔊

  (literary) fair-skinned; of light complexion

  13 strokes

• 皝huǎng🔊

  luminous

  15 strokes

• 皞hào🔊

  bright

  15 strokes

• 皤pó🔊

  white

  17 strokes

• 皦jiǎo🔊

  sparkling

  18 strokes

• 皨xīng🔊

  old variant of 星[xing1]

  18 strokes

• 皫piǎo🔊

  white

  20 strokes

• 皭jiào🔊

  pure

  22 strokes