ái

brilliant white

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
白 meaning component

  Meaning component

bái

  

white

岂 sound component

  Sound component

kǎi

  

victorious music, happy

Evolution

皑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
皑 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
皑 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

ái

brilliant white; white (of snow etc)

Most common words with 皑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

白雪皑皑

brilliant white snow cover (esp. of distant peaks)

皑皑

white as snow

white (of snow etc)