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.

• 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