Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary
(A comprehensive Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary for the Web)
An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations
By Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto
– Covering more than 6,500 Chinese characters as used in Japan –
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Kanji Search Results
白 (5)
ハク
しら; しら（む）; しろ; しろ（い）
S/B 
日 sun + a mark, indicating spreading sunlight → white (← bright color ← bright sunlight). It is also possible to regard the character as being a pictograph of an acorn, the white meat of which is revealed when the nut is split → spread in being split.
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