白髮

See also: 白髪 and 白发

Chinese

 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
hair
trad. (白髮) 白 髮
simp. (白发) 白 发

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 白 髮
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 庚 (113) 元 (68)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 傍陌切 方伐切
Baxter baek pjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bˠæk̚/ /pʉɐt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/bᵚak̚/ /pʷiɐt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/bak̚/ /piuɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/baɨjk̚/ /puat̚/
Li
Rong
/bɐk̚/ /piuɐt̚/
Wang
Li
/bɐk̚/ /pĭwɐt̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/bʱɐk̚/ /pi̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bó fa
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bak6 faat3

Noun

白髮

  1. white hair
    滿頭白髮/满头白发  ―  mǎntóu báifà  ―  hoary-haired
  2. (figurative, by synecdoche) elderly; senior

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • 幾根白髮/几根白发
  • 龐眉白髮/庞眉白发
  • 潘安白髮/潘安白发
  • 潘岳白髮/潘岳白发
  • 白髮人送黑髮人/白发人送黑发人 (báifàrén sòng hēifàrén)
  • 白髮如新/白发如新
  • 白髮朱顏/白发朱颜
  • 白髮相守/白发相守
  • 白髮紅顏/白发红颜 (báifǎ hóngyán)
  • 白髮蒼蒼/白发苍苍 (báifà cāngcāng)
  • 白髮蒼顏/白发苍颜
  • 白髮郎潛/白发郎潜
  • 白髮銀鬚/白发银须
  • 白髮青衫/白发青衫
  • 白髮齊眉/白发齐眉
  • 穀子白髮病/谷子白发病
  • 郎潛白髮/郎潜白发

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (白髮):
  • → Japanese: 白髪(はくはつ) (hakuhatsu)
  • → Korean: 백발(白髮) (baekbal)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白 髮
しら
Grade: 1
が
Jinmeiyō
Kanji in this term
白 髮
はく
Grade: 1
はつ
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 白髮 – see the following entry.
【白髪しらが】
[noun] white hair, grey hair
【白髪はくはつ】
[noun] Synonym of 白髪 (shiraga)
(This term, 白髮, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
白髮

Noun

白髮 • (baekbal) (hangeul 백발)

  1. Hanja form? of 백발 (“white hair”).
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