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皚

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷

皑

🇨🇳

brilliant

HSK 10

Abstract →Colors

ái

ガイ、ギ、ゲ、カイ

しろ.い、さむ.い

애

Phonosemantic compound. 白 represents the meaning and 豈 represents the sound.

Components

Traditional (皚)

白 white+ 豈 how? =

皚 brilliant

白 Meaning component

bái white

豈 Phonetic component

how?

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Simplified (皑)

白 white+ 岂 victorious music =

皑 brilliant white

白 Meaning component

bái white

岂 Phonetic component

qǐ victorious music

how? what?

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

皚

Regular

Modern

Chinese

皑 / 皚 [ái]

white (of snow etc)

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (2)

白雪皑皑 [báixuě'ái'ái] #49,925

brilliant white snow cover (esp. of distant peaks)

皑皑 [ái'ái] #50,766