白桦 (bái huà) — white birch (Betula platyphylla)

Definition

noun
white birch (Betula platyphylla)
Measure word · 棵

Examples

  • 白桦。
    Zhè piàn sēn lín lǐ yǒu hěn duō bái huà shù.
    There are many white birch trees in this forest.
  • 白桦,。
    bái huà De shù pí shì bái sè de, fēi cháng piào liang.
    The bark of the white birch is white and very beautiful.
  • ,白桦。
    Qiū tiān de shí hou, bái huà yè zi biàn chéng jīn huáng sè.
    In autumn, the leaves of the white birch turn golden yellow.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

白báiwhite
桦huàbirch

白 gives white color and 桦 names the birch tree, together meaning white birch.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

白 is thought to picture either an acorn or a human head.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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