柏 bǎi cypress
cypress; cedar
怎么记住“柏”: 木 tree + 白 white = cypress. Snow turns every tree on the mountain white, and the little boy asks his mum whether they are cypress or pine.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
柏 = 木 tree + 白 white
- 木 tree meaning
- 白 white sound
Snow turns every tree on the mountain white, and the little boy asks his mum whether they are cypress or pine.
How it came to be
The tree gives the meaning and the sign for white gives the sound.
用法
- Cypress/cedar: 柏树 (bǎishù) cypress, 松柏 (sōngbǎi) pines and cypresses, evergreen symbols of steadfastness.
- Read bó in transliterations: 柏林 (Bólín) Berlin. Also a surname.