白
white
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
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Information
Grade:1
Strokes:5
JLPT:5
Frequency:483
Vocabulary
ハク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 明白 | メイハク | obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit; overt |
| 空白 | クウハク | blank space (in a document); blank; void; gap; vacuum; whitespace |
| 紅白 | コウハク | red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK) |
| 告白 | コクハク | confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins) |
| 自白 | ジハク | confession; admission |
ビャク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白衣 | ビャクエ | white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson |
| 白衣 | ビャクイ | white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson |
| 白夜 | ビャクヤ | night under the midnight sun; white night (at extreme latitudes); night during which the sun doesn't set |
| 黒白 | コクビャク | black and white; right and wrong |
| 白衣明妃 | ビャクエミョウヒ | Pandara |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
旬
decameron, season (for specific products), ten-day period
Grade 8JLPT 1
百
hundred
Grade 1JLPT 5
旨
clever, delicious, expert, purport, relish, show a liking for, will
Grade 8JLPT 1
自
oneself
Grade 2JLPT 4
旧
ex-, former, old friend, old things, old times
Grade 5JLPT 2
日
Japan, counter for days, day, sun
Grade 1JLPT 5
伸
expand, extend, increase, lengthen, stretch
Grade 8JLPT 2
伯
Brazil, chief, count, earl, uncle
Grade 8JLPT 1
但
but, however
Grade 8JLPT 1
泊
overnight stay, put up at, ride at anchor
Grade 8JLPT 2