白 (bái) is Kangxi radical no. 106, “white”. In this form it is written with 5 strokes.
As a radical, 白 (bái) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “white” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 5 to 9 strokes. 3 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 3 have a full word page of their own.
Good ones to start with: 白 (bái) white, 百 (bǎi) hundred, 的 (de) possessive particle ('s / of).
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