Moto 白: WhiteKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ハク、ビャク
- Kun'yomi
- しろ、しら-、しろ(い)
- Level
- JLPT N5Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 744 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ハク・ビャク)
- 白人はくじんwhite person; Caucasian
- 白書はくしょwhite paper
- 空白くうはくblank space (in documents)
- 白紙はくしwhite paper; flyleaf
- 明白めいはくobvious; clear
- 白血病はっけつびょうleukemia
- 自白じはくconfession; acknowledgement
- 紅白こうはくred and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors)
- 白鳥はくちょうswan (Cygnus spp.)
- 白馬はくばwhite horse
- 白血球はっけっきゅうleukocyte; leucocyte
- 告白こくはくconfession; acknowledgement
- 白内障はくないしょうcataract
- 白衣はくいwhite clothes; white robe
- 白骨はっこつwhite (bleached) bone; skeleton
- 余白よはくblank space; margin
- 太白たいはくVenus (planet)
- 漂白ひょうはくblanching; bleaching
- 漂白剤ひょうはくざいbleaching agent; bleach
- 独白どくはくmonologue; soliloquy
- 白亜はくあchalk (mineral)
- 白亜紀はくあきCretaceous Period
- 白夜びゃくやnight under the midnight sun; white night (at extreme latitudes)
- 白寿はくじゅ99th birthday
- 白日はくじつbright sunshine; broad daylight
- 白昼はくちゅうdaytime; midday
- 白熱はくねつwhite heat; incandescence
- 白状はくじょうconfession
- 白痴はくちidiot; retard
- 白票はくひょうblank ballot; white ballot
- 白米はくまいpolished rice; (uncooked) white rice
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 白しろwhite
- 面白おもしろamusing; funny
- 白星しろぼしwhite circle; white star
- 目白めじろwhite-eye family of birds (Zosteropidae)
- 目白押しめじろおしjostling; milling about
- 真っ白まっしろpure white
- 白いしろいwhite
- 白色しろいろwhite
- 白黒しろくろblack and white; monochrome
- 面白いおもしろいinteresting; fascinating
- 白地しろじwhite background
- 白羽しらはwhite feather
- 白樺しらかばJapanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
- 白むしらむto grow light; to become white
- 白バイしろバイmotorcycle police
- 白壁しらかべwhite plaster wall
- 白子しらこsoft roe; milt
- 白州しらすwhite sandbar; white sandbank
- 白旗しらはたwhite flag; truce flag
- 白木しらきplain wood; unfinished woodwork
- 白梅しらうめwhite plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot
- 白水しろみずcolor of water after washing rice (colour)
- 白浜しらはまwhite sandy beach
- 白玉しらたまwhite gem (esp. a pearl)
Other readings
- 白髪しらがwhite hair; grey hair
- 潔白けっぱくinnocence; guiltlessness
- 卵白らんぱくwhite of an egg; albumen
- 白百合しらゆりwhite lily
- 白粉おしろい(face) powder
Showing the 60 most common of 744 words. See them all in the graph.
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