哪怕 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

nǎpà HSK4

even if

nǎ, na which? where? how?

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 那 represents the sound.

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

那 Sound component

nà that

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 白 represents the sound.

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

白 Sound component

bái, bai white

Change in sound

怕 and 白 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
怕 pà
白 baek

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《說文》：“怕，無為也。从心，白聲。”