| 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 2
JLPT level N4
559 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 紙 【シ】 newspaper
- 紙上 【シジョウ】 on paper, in the newspapers, in a letter
- 原稿用紙 【ゲンコウヨウシ】 Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character), manuscript paper
- 製紙 【セイシ】 papermaking, paper manufacture
Kun reading compounds
- 紙 【かみ】 paper
- 紙芝居 【かみしばい】 kamishibai, storytelling with pictures, form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
- インディア紙 【インディアかみ】 India paper
- 頸上 【くびかみ】 neckband, round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)
Readings
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- papel
- periódico
Portuguese
- Papel
French
- papier
| 85 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 148 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 132 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 501 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3510 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 362 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 236 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1953 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 180 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 180 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 243 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1517 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1654 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 879 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1197 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1846 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27293 | Morohashi |
| 1302 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4455 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1829 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1971 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 456 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 194 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2756 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 2294.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d19 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
890 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 戻入 【レイニュウ】 reversal of monies, funds, commissions
- 背戻 【ハイレイ】 disobeying, infringing, running counter to
- 暴戻 【ボウレイ】 tyranny, atrocity, brutality
Kun reading compounds
- 戻す 【もどす】 to put back, to return, to give back, to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling), to turn back (e.g. clock hand), to vomit, to throw up, to recover (of a market price)
- 戻る 【もどる】 to turn back (e.g. half-way), to return, to go back, to recover (e.g. something lost), to be returned, to rebound, to spring back
Readings
- Korean:
- ryeo, ryeol
Spanish
- vuelta
- regreso
- devolución
- volver
- vomitar
- regresar
- devolver
Portuguese
- re-
- volta
- reverter
- recomeçar
- restaurar
- retornar
French
- revenir
- re-
- reprendre
- restaurer
- rendre
- revenir en arrière
| 1920 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 923 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1818 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1850 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 552 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1238 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1304 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1201 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 842 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2441 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1234 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1699 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1090 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 11707X | Morohashi |
| 1942 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2051 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1081 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1162 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1124 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3063 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4m3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-1-6 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 3023.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 623b | Unicode hex code |