Radical 106 or radical white (白部) meaning "white" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 5 strokes.
| 白 | ||
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| 白 (U+767D) "white" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | bái | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄅㄞˊ | |
| Wade–Giles: | pai2 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | baak6 | |
| Jyutping: | baak6 | |
| Japanese Kana: | ハク haku (on'yomi) しろ shiro / しら shira / しろ-い shiro-i (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 백 baek | |
| Hán-Việt: | bạch | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | 白字旁 báizìpáng | |
| Japanese name(s): | 白/しろ shiro (Left) 白偏/しろへん shirohen | |
| Hangul: | 흰 huin | |
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 109 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
白 is also the 112th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
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Oracle bone script character
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Bronze script character
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Large seal script character
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Small seal script character
Derived characters
edit| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 白 |
| +1 | 百 癿 |
| +2 | 皀 皁 (=皂) 皂 皃 (=貌 -> 豸 / 兒 -> 儿 完 -> 宀) |
| +3 | 的 |
| +4 | 皅 皆 皇 皈 |
| +5 | 畠 皉 皊 皋 皌 皍 (=即 -> 卩) |
| +6 | 皎 皏 皐 (=皋) 皑SC (=皚) |
| +7 | 皒 皓 皔 皕 皖 |
| +8 | 皗 皘 皙 |
| +10 | 皚 皛 皜 (=皓 / 暠 -> 日) 皝 皞 |
| +11 | 皟 皠 皡 (=皞) |
| +12 | 皢 皣 皤 皥 (=皞) |
| +13 | 皦 皧 皨 |
| +14 | 皩 |
| +15 | 皪 皫 |
| +16 | 皬 |
| +18 | 皭 |
Literature
edit- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
External links
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