Character Story:Originally based on the form of a flame, 白 백 white or clean originally had the meani

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”).Study vocab here!Vocabulary:黑白      흑백      black and whiteblack * white白金      백금      white goldwhite * gold白人      백인      white person, Caucasian white * person白紙      백지      white paper; blank paperwhite * paper               얼굴이 백지 장 같다     to look as pale as a sheet空白      공백      blank; blank spaceempty * white白髮      백발      white/grey hairwhite * hair蒼白하다            창백하다            to be paleash-grey * white*漂白    표백      bleachingbleach * white白鳥      백조      swanwhite * bird白飯      백반      plain cooked ricewhite * cooked rice白雪糖  백설탕  white sugarwhite * snow * sugar蛋白質  단백질  proteinegg * white * quality白熱燈  백열등  incandescent lampwhite * 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

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