白

白 — white

JLPT: JLPT N5
Strokes: 5
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #483 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: はく haku

びゃく byaku
Kun'yomi: しろ shiro

しら- shira-

しろ.い shiro.i

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 白

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