白 – white

5 strokesTaught in grade 1#483 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 白 means white. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ハク、ビャク (haku, byaku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しろ、しら-、しろ.い (shiro, shira, shiroi). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 白 (no. 106).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ハク	haku
On’yomi	ビャク	byaku
Kun’yomi	しろ	shiro
Kun’yomi	しら-	shira
Kun’yomi	しろ.い	shiroi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 白 (Kangxi radical 106).

Words using 白

白しろwhite白いしろいwhite面白いおもしろいinteresting白髪しらがwhite hair青白いあおじろいpale真っ白まっしろpure white告白こくはくconfession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.)白状はくじょうconfession明白めいはくobvious蛋白質たんぱくしつprotein

Example sentences

ケンは自転車を白く塗りました。

Ken painted his bicycle white.

Tatoeba #225128

新聞には何も面白いことは載っていない。

There is nothing interesting in the newspaper.

Tatoeba #145177

これは私が読んだ中で一番面白い本です。

This is the funniest book in my reading.

Tatoeba #218336

Kanji with the same radical

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