帛

bó = b + o2

silk

帛 = 巾 + 白 : Somebody stole Beelzebub's (b) silken panties (帛) and now he won't get them back until he declares defeat! He chased the thief with a towel (巾) wrapped around his waist, but now, in the observatory's kitchen (o2), he finally declares defeat by waving a white flag (白).

帛 character breakdown

帛
- 巾
  - 丨
  - 冂
    - 丨
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
- 白
  - 丶
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗

巾

ji̅n = ji + (e)n1

towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50

巾 = 丨 + 冂 : Joan of Arc has smuggled a dinosaur bone out of the encampment. To hide it, she covered it in maps and towels.

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).

Characters with 帛 as component

帮

幚

ba̅ng = b + ang1

old variant of 幫|帮[bang1]

帮 = 巾 + 邦 : Liu Bang won the cage battle in front of the anglepod (see 邦), and in the end Beelzebub helps him climb out of the cage, handing him a towel.

帮

幫

ba̅ng = b + ang1

to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society

帮 = 巾 + 邦 : Liu Bang won the cage battle in front of the anglepod (see 邦), and in the end Beelzebub helps him climb out of the cage, handing him a towel.

棉

mián = mi + an2

generic term for cotton or kapok / cotton / padded or quilted with cotton

棉 = 帛 + 木 : Marilyn Monroe (mi) found new silken panties (帛) for her under the Christmas tree (木) in the anthill's kitchen (an2)! The panties are nicely packed in a box full of cotton (棉).

锦

錦

jǐn = ji + (e)n3

brocade / embroidered work / bright

锦 = 帛 + 钅 : Joan of Arc (ji) is embroidering (锦) her silken panties (帛) using a golden harpoon (钅) as needle in the encampment ((e)n3).

绵

綿

mián = mi + an2

silk floss / continuous / soft / weak / mild-mannered (dialect)

绵

緜

mián = mi + an2