Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
white
Parts:
white
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
483 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bai2
Korean:
baeg, bae

Spanish

  • blanco

Portuguese

  • branco

French

  • blanc
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)
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

13 strokes
Radical:
leather, rawhide
Parts:
Variants:
shoes
Kun:
くつ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1561 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 靴帯 【カタイ】 ankle strap (for fastening a shoe)
  • 靴の沓 【カノクツ】 black-lacquered cowhide boots with curved toes, metal buckles, and brocade tops (worn with ceremonial dress)
  • 軍靴 【グンカ】 military shoes, combat boots
  • 製靴 【セイカ】 shoe-making

Kun reading compounds

  • 靴 【くつ】 shoe, shoes, boots, footwear, footgear
  • 靴下 【くつした】 socks, sock, stockings, stocking
  • 胴付長靴 【どうつきながくつ】 waders (waterproof pants often fitted with boots, used mostly by fishermen)
  • 厚底靴 【あつぞこぐつ】 platform shoes, thick-soled shoes

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xue1
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • zapatos

Portuguese

  • sapatos

French

  • chaussure
1052 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1446 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5092 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1907 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1004 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1076 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1124 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
995 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1878 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2235 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1165 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1586 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1912 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42729 Morohashi
1781 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6576 New Nelson (John Haig)
1894 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2042 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1687 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1956 2001 Kanji
3k10.34 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
1-8-4 SKIP code
4451.0 Four corner code
4151.0 Four corner code
1-23-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9774 Unicode hex code