| 37 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 53 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 65 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 266 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3095 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 79 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 73 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 216 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 205 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 205 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 44 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1362 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4305 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2175 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2929 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 37 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22678 | Morohashi |
| 3493 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3863 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 37 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 37 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 242 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 46 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
白
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
483 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 白 【ハク】 white, striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus), (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.), one's lines, white dragon tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles, Belgium, white person, Caucasian
- 白衣 【ハクイ】 white clothes, white robe, white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.), commoner without rank (in ancient China), layperson
- 美白 【ビハク】 beautifully white (esp. of skin), whitening (of skin, teeth, etc.)
- 漂白 【ヒョウハク】 blanching, bleaching
- 白衣 【ハクイ】 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
- 敬白 【ケイハク】 yours sincerely, sincerely yours, yours truly
- 恐惶敬白 【キョウコウケイハク】 very truly yours, very respectfully yours
Kun reading compounds
- 白 【しろ】 white, innocence, innocent person, blank space, white stone, white dragon tile, skewered grilled pig intestine
- 白い 【しろい】 white
- 面白 【おもしろ】 amusing, funny, interesting
- 蘿蔔 【すずしろ】 daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
- 白い 【しろい】 white
- 白色 【しろいろ】 white
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 か、 はっ
- Korean:
- baeg, bae
Spanish
- blanco
Portuguese
- branco
French
- blanc
| 878 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c1.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2600.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 767d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
876 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 描写 【ビョウシャ】 depiction, description, portrayal
- 描画 【ビョウガ】 drawing, painting
- 線描 【センビョウ】 line drawing
- 素描 【ソビョウ】 drawing, sketch, outline, summary, synopsis
Kun reading compounds
- 描く 【えがく】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
- 描く 【えがく】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
Readings
- Korean:
- myo
Spanish
- esbozo
- dibujo
- composición
- descripción
- esbozar
- dibujar
- componer
- describir
Portuguese
- esboço
- compor
- escrever
- desenhar
- pintura
French
- croquis
- dessiner
- composer
- écrire
- peindre
| 1741 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 920 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1936 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1489 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1367 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1469 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1566 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 765 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 910 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 591 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 358 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 445 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 677 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12339X | Morohashi |
| 488 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2196 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 670 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 723 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1444 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1376 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c8.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 5406.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-33 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 63cf | Unicode hex code |