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

晰

皙

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

white / variant of 晰[xi1]

晰 = 日 + 析 : Marie Curie (xi) wants to get a better understanding (晰) of the sun (日), so in front of the space station (Ø1) Marie investigates the sun's solar storms using a mass spectrometer (析).

楽

yuè = yu + e4

Japanese variant of 樂|乐[yue4]

皓

hào = h + ao4

bright; luminous; white (esp. bright white teeth of youth or white hair of old age)

皓

皜

hào = h + ao4

variant of 皓[hao4] / spotlessly white

皓

hào = h + ao4