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
- 百hundredヒャク · もも
一 + 白sound
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 皓whiteコウ · しろい
白 + 告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 6 kanji