⽩
white
bái (bai2)
Radical no. 106 · 5 strokes (第 106 部首 · 5 画 dì 106 bùshǒu · 5 huà)
Radical ⽩ (bái) — meaning: white, 5 strokes.
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.
Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)
3 charactersRelated radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)
Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.