白(bái): surname Bai
HSK 15 strokes
surname Bai
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- bái
- Meaning
- surname Bai
- Strokes
- 5
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 白 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Ideograph
⿻？日A burning candle; the rays of the sun
A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.
Made of
Parts are arranged overlaid.
How to write 白 step by step
5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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- 5
Words with 白
Common words using 白 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
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