Journal of Chinese Language Education and Evaluation
JCLEE, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2026, pp.50-58.
Print ISSN: 3078-283X; Online ISSN: 3104-5030
Journal homepage: https://www.cleejournal.com
DOI：https://doi.org/10.64058/jc1ee260104ssthc
陈 玥（Chen Yue），刘 幸（Liu Xing）
摘要：白川静是在中日两国都享有盛誉的文字学大家。其文字学研究高度注重汉字的系统性，强调从字形系统出发，基于古代巫卜文化和甲骨文字形，对中国古代文化进行通盘性质的考察。然而，日本政府在第二次世界大战以后，受美国强烈影响，以取消汉字为最终方向，急剧缩减汉字教育。更重要的是，大量汉字遭到了未经仔细斟酌的字形省改，汉字本身的构形理据遭到了破坏。白川静对此提出了尖锐批评。今天，日本教育界重新出现了对白川静文字学的兴趣。福井县教育委员会着力普及白川静文字学的知识，其中一个重要方向就是要让人们重新认识到汉字的理据性和系统性。而且，这种汉字教育特别需要面向广大的社会群体展开，不能局限在学校教育层面。回顾白川静的文字学思想及其在日本战后的命运，对中国不无借鉴意义。
关键词：白川静；文字学；日本汉字；汉字
作者简介：陈玥，日本筑波大学人文社会系助理教授，研究方向：现代汉语语法、汉语国际教育。电邮：chen.yue.ka@u.tsukuba.ac.jp。刘幸（通讯作者），北京师范大学教育学部副教授，研究方向：中日教育交流史。电邮：liuxing@bnu.edu.cn。
Title: Sirakawa Shizuka’s thought of Han Characters and its inspiration for Japanese Han Character education after the World War II
Abstract: Shirakawa Shizuka is a renowned scholar of Chinese graphology both in China and Japan. His research on characters emphasizes their systematic nature. Based on ancient divination culture and oracle bone script, he conducts a comprehensive examination of ancient Chinese culture. However, after World War II, under strong American influence, the Japanese government rapidly reduced Chinese character education with the ultimate aim of abolishing them. More importantly, many characters were modified without careful consideration, damaging the structural rationale of the characters themselves. Shirakawa sharply criticized this. In contemporary times, the Japanese educational community has rekindled interest in Shirakawa’s studies of characters. Fukui Prefectural Board of Education has focused on popularizing knowledge of Shirakawa’s character studies, one significant direction being to help people recognize again the logic and systematicity of Chinese characters. Moreover, this character education is directed at the wider community rather than being limited to school education. Reviewing Shirakawa’s thought on characters and their post-war fate in Japan holds considerable reference value for China.
Keywords: Sirakawa Shizuka; Chinese graphology; Chinese character education in Japan
Author Biographies: Chen Yue, Assistant Professor at Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba, E-mail: chen.yue.ka@u.tsukuba.ac.jp. Liu Xing (Corresponding Author), Associate Professor at Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, E-mail: liuxing@bnu.edu.cn.
Received: 09 Feb 2026 / Revised: 11 Apr 2026 / Accepted: 23 Apr 2026 / Published online: 30 Apr 2026 / Print published: 30 May 2026.
