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.

• 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