| 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 grade 3
JLPT level N2
1092 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 皮肉 【ヒニク】 irony, sarcasm, cynicism, satire, unexpected, different from what one expected, not as one had planned, (only) surface, something superficial, skin and bone, body
- 皮革 【ヒカク】 leather, hide
- 表皮 【ヒョウヒ】 epidermis, cuticle, bark, epidermis, facade
- 上皮 【ウワカワ】 outer layer (e.g. of skin), cuticle, epidermis, bark, rind, crust, film (on the surface of a liquid), scum, epithelium
Kun reading compounds
- 皮 【かわ】 skin, hide, pelt, fur, rind, peel, husk, bark, shell, sheath, wrapping, mask (hiding one's true nature), seeming
- 皮切り 【かわきり】 beginning, start
- 一皮 【ひとかわ】 unmasking
- 薄皮 【うすかわ】 thin skin
Readings
- Korean:
- pi
Spanish
- pellejo
- piel
- cuero
- pelaje
Portuguese
- pelego
- pele
- esconder
- couro
French
- peau
- cuir
- fourrure
- radical peau (no. 107)
| 307 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 396 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 374 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 939 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3109 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 863 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 755 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 975 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1008 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1144 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1367 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3771 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1923 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2615 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 810 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22823 | Morohashi |
| 3037 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3878 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 802 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 865 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 258 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1667 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2h3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 4024.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 76ae | Unicode hex code |
symptoms, illness
- On:
- ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1111 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 症 【ショウ】 illness, condition, -pathy
- 症候群 【ショウコウグン】 syndrome
- 自閉症 【ジヘイショウ】 autism
- 後遺症 【コウイショウ】 prognostic symptoms, after-effect, sequela
Readings
- Korean:
- jeung
Spanish
- síntoma
- señal
- enfermedad
Portuguese
- sintomas
- doença
French
- symptôme
- maladie
| 1397 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 955 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3039 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1563 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1545 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1318 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1400 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1363 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1350 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4065 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2062 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2794 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1701 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22140 | Morohashi |
| 3280 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3795 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1685 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1816 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1369 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 573 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5i5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-5-5 | SKIP code |
| 0011.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 75c7 | Unicode hex code |