Dong Chinese dictionary

bái

white

Origin unclear. Possibly depicts a thumb or a person's face.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

白

bái

white; pure, unblemished; bright; snowy; pure; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera

白

Bái

surname Bai

Most common words with 白