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李白 (Lǐ Bái): meaning and stroke order

李白 (Lǐ Bái) means Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet.

李白

Simplified
李白
Traditional
李白 (same form)
Pinyin
Lǐ Bái

Stroke order of 李白

李

  • Lǐ surname Li
  • lǐ plum
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

白

  • Bái surname Bai
  • bái white; snowy
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 李白

  1. Lǐ Bái
    • Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet

Radicals of the characters

李
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 7 strokes · 木 on top, 子 below
白
Radical 白 (Kangxi radical 106) · 5 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

李白 in our stories

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  • 他想起李白的诗:黄河三尺鲤,本在孟津居;点额不成龙,归来伴凡鱼。连李白这样的人,也把自己比作一条没有跳过龙门的鱼。

    tā xiǎngqǐ Lǐ Bái de shī Huáng Hé sān chǐ lǐ běn zài Mèngjīn jū diǎn é bù chéng lóng guīlái bàn fán yú lián Lǐ Bái zhèyàng de rén yě bǎ zìjǐ bǐzuò yì tiáo méiyǒu tiào guò Lóngmén de yú

    He recalled lines by Li Bai: "A three-foot carp of the Yellow River once lived at Mengjin; its forehead marked, it did not become a dragon, and came home to swim with common fish." Even a man like Li Bai had compared himself to a carp that failed to leap the gate.

    From the story The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).