字の旅3,000 years in three forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE鐵50.1 合24943
Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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血
血 blood
ち chi
6 strokesRadical of 2 kanjiPart of 1
Your ink in 血0% painted · 0 of 2 familiar
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound會意
Built from 一 “drop of blood” + 皿 “container”
Source: Wiktionary, 血 (rev. 93374847), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Look closely at the ritual bowl! The line inside is a drop of blood—the essence of life—offered in a solemn ceremony. This radical isn't just about the fluid in our veins; it represents the deep connections of lineage, sacrifice, and the raw vitality of being alive. It brings a sense of gravity and consequence to any kanji it joins.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Relates to blood, life energy, sacrifice, lineage, or the physical state of being wounded or alive.
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 血, with sourced origins
- 衆massesシュウ · おおい
血 becomes 衆
Variant of 眾, with the top component 罒 replaced by 血, and the bottom component 𫡑 replaced by 乑.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
一覧
Every kanji with 血 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 2 kanji