皑

皚

ái = Ø + ai2

white (of snow etc)

皑 character breakdown

皑
- 白
  - 丶
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗
- 岂
  - 山
    - 丨
    - 凵
  - 己

白

bái = b + ai2

surname Bai

白

bái = b + ai2

white / snowy / pure / bright / 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 = 丶 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: a white flag. The sun (日) is waving with a white (白) flag (白) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2) while Beelzebub (b) is beating them with a big petal leaf (丶).

岂

豈

kǎi = k + ai3

old variant of 愷|恺[kai3] / old variant of 凱|凯[kai3]

岂

豈

qǐ = qi + Ø3

how? (emphatic question)

岂 = 山 + 己 : Instead of doing experiments the Queen of Hearts (qi) is idly playing with a fork (山) and a butcher's hook (己) in the space station (Ø3). The people at ground control keep asking the same question: how can this be (岂有此理)?