Kanji Kaisen

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

しろ shiro

5 strokesRadical of 6 kanjiPart of 15

Your ink in 白0% painted · 0 of 6 familiar

Origin · sourced

Pictogram象形

Source: Wiktionary, 白 (rev. 93606800), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Pure as the morning light! Imagine the very first ray of sun clearing the darkness, leaving everything bright and white. This radical represents honesty, purity, and the beginning of a clear path. When you see it, think of a blank sheet of paper, a cloudless sky, or the innocence of something untouched and new.”

Where it sits in a kanji

Indicates the color white, purity, innocence, clarity, truth (speaking openly), or the concept of a blank state or a target.

育つ

What it grows into

Built from 白, with sourced origins
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 6 kanji