Kanji 白 — "White"
Here is what 白 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "White" stick.
How it is read
はく, びゃく
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
しろ, しら-, しろ.い
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
A single Drop of this liquid can turn the entire Sun White!
- ⼂ Drop
This small stroke component is a Drop of water. See how it's just a single drop?
- 日 Sun
The Sun in the sky is rectangular in shape. The stroke in the middle is a cloud blocking the sun so it doesn't glare in your eyes.
Words that use 白
12 of 12 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 面白い おもしろい interesting, funny
- 白い しろい white
- 告白 こくはく confession, acknowledgment
- 真っ白 まっしろ pure white
- 白状 はくじょう confession
- 白髪 しらが white or grey hair
- 明白 めいはく obvious, clear
- 白馬 はくば resort in Nagano Prefecture
- 青白い あおじろい pale
- 白 しろ white
- 蛋白質 たんぱくしつ protein
- レジャー白書 レジャーはくしょ white paper on leisure
Want 白 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
