白

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/白

Glyph origin
Unclear; probably a.

suggests that it represents a thumb and is original form of or, more probably,.

Alternatively, suggests that it represents an acorn, noting its use in  (= ) and. In this interpretation, the meaning of “white” is derived from the color of an acorn's inside.

Etymology
STEDT derives it from, whence also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬; also compare 🇨🇬.

However, finds it difficult to reconcile these forms with 🇨🇬 due to the lack of medial r. Instead, he proposes a derivation from with -k extension, thus cognate with , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) white
 * 2) clear; easy to understand
 * 3) clear; pure; plain; blank
 * 4) bright; well-lit
 * 5) eminent; prominent
 * 6) vernacular
 * 7) dialect
 * 8) reactionary; anticommunist
 * 9) in vain; for nothing
 * 10) free of charge; gratuitous; gratis
 * 11) to stare coldly; to stare at someone with the white of the eyes
 * 12) to explain; to present; to state
 * 13) to mispronounce or wrongly write a character
 * 14) spoken lines
 * 15) funeral
 * 16)  bland and tasteless
 * 17)  cooked with just water without adding any seasoning
 * 18)  greasy; with a lot of fat or oil
 * 19)  jargon; cant
 * 20)  frank speech
 * , commonly romanized as Bai
 * 1)  Bai, an ethnic group living primarily in Yunnan, China
 * 1) reactionary; anticommunist
 * 2) in vain; for nothing
 * 3) free of charge; gratuitous; gratis
 * 4) to stare coldly; to stare at someone with the white of the eyes
 * 5) to explain; to present; to state
 * 6) to mispronounce or wrongly write a character
 * 7) spoken lines
 * 8) funeral
 * 9)  bland and tasteless
 * 10)  cooked with just water without adding any seasoning
 * 11)  greasy; with a lot of fat or oil
 * 12)  jargon; cant
 * 13)  frank speech
 * , commonly romanized as Bai
 * 1)  Bai, an ethnic group living primarily in Yunnan, China
 * 1) to explain; to present; to state
 * 2) to mispronounce or wrongly write a character
 * 3) spoken lines
 * 4) funeral
 * 5)  bland and tasteless
 * 6)  cooked with just water without adding any seasoning
 * 7)  greasy; with a lot of fat or oil
 * 8)  jargon; cant
 * 9)  frank speech
 * , commonly romanized as Bai
 * 1)  Bai, an ethnic group living primarily in Yunnan, China
 * 1) funeral
 * 2)  bland and tasteless
 * 3)  cooked with just water without adding any seasoning
 * 4)  greasy; with a lot of fat or oil
 * 5)  jargon; cant
 * 6)  frank speech
 * , commonly romanized as Bai
 * 1)  Bai, an ethnic group living primarily in Yunnan, China
 * 1)  cooked with just water without adding any seasoning
 * 2)  greasy; with a lot of fat or oil
 * 3)  jargon; cant
 * 4)  frank speech
 * , commonly romanized as Bai
 * 1)  Bai, an ethnic group living primarily in Yunnan, China
 * 1)  frank speech
 * , commonly romanized as Bai
 * 1)  Bai, an ethnic group living primarily in Yunnan, China
 * 1)  Bai, an ethnic group living primarily in Yunnan, China
 * 1)  Bai, an ethnic group living primarily in Yunnan, China

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 1
→ * →

From, from.

The standalone apophonic form of shira below.

Noun

 * 1) the color white
 * °N, °W
 * 1)  innocence
 * °N, °W
 * 1)  a white go stone
 * 2) something unwritten
 * 3)  the white team in a  group
 * 4)  an unlicensed prostitute
 * 5)   silver
 * : salt
 * 1)   a specific kind of drawing room or study, using unpainted cedar wood with straight grain
 * 2) a type of  made from pig intestines
 * 3) in the game of, one who is on the villagers' side

Etymology 2
→

From.

The combining apophonic form of shiro above, mostly used in compounds.

Prefix

 * 1) white
 * 2) undyed, unpainted, unseasoned, etc.
 * 3) pure
 * 4) innocent
 * 5) normal, unspecial
 * 1) normal, unspecial

Adjective

 * 1) unapplied, undecorated; also the object that is unapplied or undecorated
 * 2) honest, serious; also the person who is honest or serious
 * 3) normal, unspecial; also the person who is normal or unspecial in position, occupation, or condition

Etymology 3
From.

Noun

 * 1) the color white
 * 2)  an amateur
 * 3) a performer's lines
 * 4)  a white dragon tile
 * 5)  a  with a triplet or quad of white dragon tiles, worth 1
 * 1)  a  with a triplet or quad of white dragon tiles, worth 1
 * 1)  a  with a triplet or quad of white dragon tiles, worth 1
 * 1)  a  with a triplet or quad of white dragon tiles, worth 1

Affix

 * 1) white
 * 2) colorless, dirtless, markless
 * 3) bright and clear
 * 4) humbly say
 * 5) sake cup

Etymology 4
From.

Affix

 * 1) white

Etymology
From.

Hanja




Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) white (color)

Etymology
The first attested meaning is "to report to a superior", from which the generally honorific meaning developed, presumably via an intermediary circumlocutional construction which is not attested. The orthography is logogramic; see the Chinese entry's definitions, specifically “to explain; to present; to state”.

Verb

 * 1) to inform a superior; to report