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).

白 character breakdown

白
- 丶
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗

丶

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).

日

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

日

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

Characters with 白 as component

习

習

xí = xi + Ø2

(bound form) to practice / to study / habit / custom

习 = ㇆ + 亠 : Marie Curie is practising to take off her beret using a plough in the space station's entrance.

习

習

xí = xi + Ø2

surname Xi

习 = ㇆ + 亠 : Marie Curie is practising to take off her beret using a plough in the space station's entrance.

乐

樂

yuè = yu + e4

music

乐

樂

lè = l + e4

surname Le

乐 = ⺁ + 朩 : Mnemonic symbol: a cheerleader

乐 = ⺁ + 朩 : In the elevator's bathroom, the cheerleader is beating Lancelot on the head with a banana tree just when Lancelot isn't watching, and laughing at him cheerfully. The cheerleader sneaked up on Lancelot by popping out of a sewage pipe.

乐

樂

yuè = yu + e4

surname Yue

乐

樂

lè = l + e4

happy / cheerful / to laugh

乐 = ⺁ + 朩 : Mnemonic symbol: a cheerleader

貌

mào = m + ao4

appearance

貌 = 豸 + 白 + 儿 : Sun Wukong (儿) has transformed into a bug (豸) overnight and wakes up in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). Suddenly Mahatma Gandhi (m) enters and as he sees this weird appearance (貌) he quickly walks towards it. Sun Wukong feels very helpless and is very afraid, so he waves with a white flag (白). Fortunately Mahatma Gandhi is very polite (貌) and asks whether he can do anything for the bug.

皃

mào = m + ao4

variant of 貌[mao4]

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).

珀

pò = p + o4

amber

珀 = 王 + 白 : Pinocchio (p) wants to stone Martin Luther King Jr. (王) to death by throwing amber (珀) at him in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but Martin incessantly waves with his white flag (白) and finally Pinocchio spares him.

泊

bó = b + o2

to anchor / touch at / to moor

泊 = 氵 + 白 : Beelzebub (b) is trying to anchor (泊) right inside the observatory's kitchen (o2), but there is no water left at all. He can just wave his white flag (白) and pour out bottled water (氵).

泊

po̅ = p + o1

lake / Taiwan pr. [bo2]

泊 = 氵 + 白 : Pinocchio (p) found a way to take observatory. He created a lake (泊) around the castle and in front of it (o1) by pouring out bottled water (氵), and the castle's inhabitants can just wave their white flag (白).

楽

yuè = yu + e4

Japanese variant of 樂|乐[yue4]

楽

lè = l + e4

Japanese variant of 樂|乐[le4]