白 bái bright; clear; white
Made up of [日 rì sun; day radical 72, 丶 zhǔ dot radical 3]Similar looking characters : 日 rì (sun)
Made with 5 strokes.
Combines a ray of light with 'sun' to mean 'bright'
Ancient small seal form 
Related characters
Also uses 日 rì component: 曾 céng (once) 昌 chāng (prosperous) ; 春 chūn (spring) ; 旦 dàn (dawn) ; 婚 hūn (to marry) ; 间 jiàn (gap) ; 间 jiān (between) ; 景 jǐng (bright) ; 旧 jiù (old) ; 明 míng (bright) ; 莫 mò (do not) ; 普 pǔ (general) ; 晴 qíng (clear sky) ; 是 shì (is) ; 时 shí (time) ; 暑 shǔ (heat) ; 晚 wǎn (evening) ; 香 xiāng (fragrant) ; 星 xīng (star) ; 阳 yáng (yang) ; 易 yì (easy) ; 音 yīn (sound) ; 影 yǐng (picture) ; 早 zǎo (early) ; 照 zhào (according to) ; 者 zhě (in process of) ; 桌 zhuō (table) ; 最 zuì (most) ; 昨 zuó (previous)
Also uses 丶 zhǔ component: 半 bàn (half) 冰 bīng (ice) ; 弟 dì (younger brother) ; 兑 duì (to cash) ; 丽 lì (beautiful) ; 良 liáng (good) ; 令 lìng (to order) ; 铺 pù (store) ; 勺 sháo (spoon) ; 术 shù (method) ; 苏 sū (revive) ; 太 tài (too) ; 往 wǎng (towards) ; 为 wèi (do) ; 乌 wū (crow) ; 义 yì (justice) ; 尤 yóu (outstanding) ; 玉 yù (jade) ; 州 zhōu (prefecture) ; 住 zhù (to live) ; 主 zhǔ (owner) ; 自 zì (from)
Different tone
百 bǎi (hundred)Radical
Index 106 used in: 百 bǎi (hundred) ; 的 de (of) ; 皇 huáng (emperor) ; 怕 pà (to be afraid) ; 泉 quán (spring)Pronunciation
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Cities
白山 Baishan, Jilin白城 Baicheng, Jilin
People
李白 Li Bai白居易 Bai Juyi
Proverbs
白手起家 bái shǒu qǐ jiā To build up something from nothing萝卜白菜,各有所爱 luó bo bái cài, gè yǒu suǒ ài Everyone has their own preferences
一犬吠影,白犬吠声 yī quǎn fèi yǐng, bǎi quǎn fèi shēng Blindly follow a trend without even knowing its origin
一穷二白 yī qióng èr bái A disparaging term for backwardness