柏

bǎi = b + ai3

cedar / cypress / Taiwan pr. [bo2]

柏 = 木 + 白 : Beelzebub (b) is approaching a cedar (柏) in the airplane (ai3) to use it as a Christmas tree (木) in hell, so the cedar is waving with a white flag (白) in terror.

柏

bó = b + o2

(used for transcribing names)

柏

bò = b + o4

variant of 檗[bo4]

柏

栢

bǎi = b + ai3

variant of 柏[bai3]

柏 character breakdown

柏
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 白
  - 丶
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗

木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

白

bái = b + ai2

white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera

白 = 丶 + 日 : Mnemonic symbol: a white flag. The sun (日) is waving with a white (白) flag (白) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2) while Beelzebub (b) is beating them with a big petal leaf (丶).