白 — white

しろい白 white

Grade 1 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes color

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

Meanings

white

word

しろ 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).

白(しろ) い shiroi white 白(しろ) shiro white 白(しろ) 黒(くろ) shirokuro black and white 面(おも) 白(しろ) い omoshiroi interesting 真(まっ) っ白(しろ) masshiro pure white 面(おも) 白(しろ) omoshiro interesting

はく haku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

白(はく) 人(じん) hakujin white person 空(くう) 白(はく) kuuhaku blank 明(めい) 白(はく) meihaku obvious 白(はく) 書(しょ) hakusho white paper 自(じ) 白(はく) jihaku confession 白(はく) 紙(し) hakushi blank paper 白(はく) 鳥(ちょう) hakuchou swan 告(こく) 白(はく) kokuhaku confession

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).

白(しら) 石(いし) shiraishi Shiraishi (surname/place name)

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

丿 slash

ひ日 sun #72

Used as component in (13)

ひゃく百 hundred はら原 field らく楽 comfort ならう習 learn てき的 bull's eye すめらぎ皇 emperor いずみ泉 spring せまる迫 urge とまる泊 overnight stay みな皆 all

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#106 白 white