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白

white
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingハク、ビャク
Kun readingしろ、しら-、しろ.い
JōyōGrade 1

Popular Usage

白い白髪青白い明白面白い

Radicals and components

Radical白whiteComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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drop (丶) · sun (日) · day (日)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 37

Compound words

白いしろい
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; unmarked; spotless
白髪しらが
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
青白いあおじろい
pale; pallid; bluish-white
明白めいはく
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent
面白いおもしろい
interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling; amusing
空白くうはく
blank space (in a document); blank; void; gap; vacuum
潔白けっぱく
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
紅白こうはく
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen
告白こくはく
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith)
自白じはく
confession; admission
白衣はくい
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
白羽しらは
white feather
白樺しらかば
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
白菊しらぎく
white chrysanthemum
白黒しろくろ
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
白菜はくさい
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
白紙はくし
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.
白書はくしょ
white paper (government report)
白状はくじょう
confession
白身しろみ
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; fatty meat; sapwood
白人はくじん
white person; Caucasian; beginner; amateur; unlicensed prostitute
白線はくせん
white line; linea alba
白鳥はくちょう
swan (Cygnus spp.); white bird
白熱はくねつ
white heat; incandescence; (emitting) white light; white glow; becoming excited

Stroke Order

5 strokes

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