aja-aja-hanja:Character Story:Originally based on the form of a flame, 白 백 white or clean originally
aja-aja-hanja:Character Story:Originally based on the form of a flame, 白 백 white or clean originally had the meaning of bright or brilliant, as in the light coming from a flame. As time passed, the form of the character became more rectangular and the meaning evolved to “white” (and through that meaning “clean”).Vocabulary:黑白 흑백 blackand whiteblack * white白金 백금 whitegoldwhite * gold白人 백인 white person, Caucasian white * person白紙 백지 whitepaper; blank paperwhite * paper 얼굴이 백지 장 같다 tolook as pale as a sheet空白 공백 blank;blank spaceempty * white白髮 백발 white/greyhairwhite * hair蒼白하다 창백하다 to be paleash-grey * white*漂白 표백 bleachingbleach * white白鳥 백조 swanwhite * bird白飯 백반 plaincooked ricewhite * cooked rice白雪糖 백설탕 whitesugarwhite * snow * sugar蛋白質 단백질 proteinegg * white * quality白熱燈 백열등 incandescentlampwhite * hot * lamp明白하다 명백하다 to be clear, be evidentbright * white淡白하다 담백하다 (food) to be light, plaindiluted/weak * white*潔白 결백 innocenceclean * white*獨白 독백 monologuealone * white*自白 자백 confession(of crime)self * white*告白 고백 confession(of feelings)to tell * white白痴 백치 moronwhite * imbecile*add 하다 to make a verb -- source link