帛
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silk
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 巾 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 帛
- Common rank
- #3,408
- Unicode
- U+5E1B
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 帛
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 化干戈为玉帛 | lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom); fig. to turn hostility… | |
| 帛金 | (HK, Singapore) money gift at a funeral | |
| 布帛 | cloth and silk; cotton and silk textiles | |
| 帛画 | painting on silk | |
| 竹帛 | bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper) | |
| 财帛 | wealth; money | |
| 布帛菽粟 | (lit.) cloth, silk, beans and grain (idiom); (fig.) food and clothing; daily necessities | |
| 帛琉 | (Tw) Palau |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 白 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白 sound part | white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright | |
| 百 | one hundred; numerous, many | |
| 伯 | older brother; father's elder brother; sir, sire, count | |
| 拍 | to clap, to tap; to hit, to beat, to slap; beat, rhythm | |
| 柏 | cypress, cedar | |
| 怕 | to fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive | |
| 迫 | to compel, to force; pressing, urgent | |
| 泊 | to anchor; to moor | |
| 魄 | vigor, soul, body; the dark side of the moon | |
| 舶 | large ship, ocean-going vessel | |
| 粕 | sediment, lees, dregs | |
| 铂 | platinum; thin sheet metal |