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

的

di̅ = di + Ø1

see 的士[di1 shi4]

的

dì = di + Ø4

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

的

de = d + e5

of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs

的 = 勺 + 白 : Don Quixote (d) ends up on the elevator's roof (e5) after a standoff. His only weapon left is a silver spoon (勺), so he can only wave with a white flag (白).

的

dí = di + Ø2

really and truly

百

bǎi = b + ai3

hundred / numerous / all kinds of

百 = 一 + 白 : Mnemonic symbol: a one hundred 元 bill.

Beelzebub (b) enjoys preparing to allure mortals. In the airplane's living room (ai3) he's waving a flute (一) as a magic wand and enchanting one hundred white flags (白) to look like one hundred (百) one hundred 元 bills (百).

卑

be̅i = b + ei1

low / base / vulgar / inferior / humble

卑 = 白 + 丿 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: the Alps, 阿尔卑斯.

Beelzebub (b) was racing to arrive at the top of the Alps (卑) in front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1), but he slips on a banana peel (丿), tumbles all the way back to the foot of the mountain and has to wave his white flag (白) as another team sets up their cross (十) on the Alps. At the bottom of the Alps, Beelzebub feels extremely humble (卑) as he watches the huge mountains.

皇

huáng = hu + ang2

emperor / old variant of 惶[huang2]

皇 = 王 + 白 : Just inside the anglepod's kitchen, the emperor is standing on Martin Luther King and Helga Horse as they are weaving their white flags in despair.

柏

bò = b + o4

variant of 檗[bo4]

柏

bó = b + o2

(used for transcribing names)

柏

栢

bǎi = b + ai3

variant of 柏[bai3]

柏

bǎi = b + ai3

cedar / cypress / Taiwan pr. [bo2]

柏 = 木 + 白 : Beelzebub (b) is approaching a cedar (柏) in the airplane (ai3) to use it as a Christmas tree (木) in hell, so the cedar is waving with a white flag (白) in terror.