白 — white
しろい
白
white
しろい
U+767D
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #483
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #37
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Radical #106
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Meanings
- white
Readings
- On'yomi
- はく haku びゃく byaku
- Kun'yomi
- しろ shiro しら shira
word
しろ ・じろ shiro Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
はく ・ぱく haku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
白
人
hakujin
white person
空
白
kuuhaku
blank
明
白
meihaku
obvious
白
書
hakusho
white paper
自
白
jihaku
confession
白
紙
hakushi
blank paper
白
鳥
hakuchou
swan
白
線
hakusen
white line
白
馬
hakuba
white horse
美
白
bihaku
beautifully white (esp. of skin)
告
白
kokuhaku
confession
白
熱
hakunetsu
white heat
白
菜
hakusai
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis)
白
衣
hakui
white clothes
潔
白
keppaku
innocence
白
状
hakujou
confession
紅
白
kouhaku
red and white
淡
白
tanpaku
light (flavor, color, etc.)
しら shira Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
33 wordsEach dot is a word containing 白: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 20 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.