字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE甲456 (商)
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in States & Attributes
白
白 white (side form)
はくへん hakuhen
5 strokesRadical of 1 kanjiPart of 15
Your ink in 白0% painted · 0 of 1 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
Source: Wiktionary, 白 (rev. 93606800), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Shine bright! This radical represents the color of purity, the morning sun, and the absence of shadows. When it sits on the left side of a kanji, it tells you that the meaning involves brightness, being "blank" or "clean," or the transparency of a clear truth. It brings the light of day and a sense of "untouched" beauty to any character it joins.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates the color white, brightness, purity, being blank or void, or the clarity of a target or an announcement.
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 白, with sourced origins
- 的bull's eyeテキ · まと
白 + 勺sound
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
一覧
Every kanji with 白 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 1 kanji