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

兜

兠

do̅u = d + ou1

old variant of 兜[dou1]

兜 = 卬 + 白 + 儿 : Sun Wukong (儿) and Don Quixote (d) are teasing and running in circles (兜) around Erich Honecker (卬) in front of the outhouse (ou1), and he has no other choice but to wave with his white flag (白).

迫

廹

pò = p + o4

variant of 迫[po4] / to persecute / to oppress / embarrassed

迫 = 白 + 辶 : Pinocchio (p) is hiding in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but his persecutors are about to break in. Pinocchio blocked the door with a heap of gladiator sandals (辶), but they are about to break through. He is forced (迫) to wave his white flag (白) and give up.

绵

緜

mián = mi + an2

old variant of 綿|绵[mian2] / cotton

皓

皜

hào = h + ao4

variant of 皓[hao4] / spotlessly white

皑

皚

ái = Ø + ai2

white (of snow etc)