01
白い
しろい
white
Meanings
- white
Readings
Onyomi
- ハク
- ビャク
Kunyomi
- しろ
- しら-
- しろ.い
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Useful words
02
面白い
おもしろい
interesting
03
真っ白
まっしろ
pure white
04
白鳥
はくちょう
swan
05
告白
こくはく
confession
06
白菜
はくさい
Chinese cabbage
Compare Kanji
01黒Pair96%blackWhite and black form the clearest color contrast, so 黒 anchors 白 immediately.02日Shape88%day, sun日 is close in shape, but 白 has the small top stroke that changes the box.03百Shape84%hundred百 puts one extra line above the 白-like form, a common visual trap for learners.04赤Pair78%redRed adds another basic color beside 白, useful for building a color cluster.05青Pair73%blue, greenBlue-green in 青 sits with 白 among core color kanji, even without a direct shape link.06泊Component68%overnight stay, put up at泊 carries 白 toward the right, showing how the white form can hide inside a water kanji.