JLPT N5 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
白 means white. It is a JLPT N5 kanji written in 5 strokes, read しろ or はく. It appears in 白い (white, describing something) and 面白い (interesting / amusing).
白 is written in 5 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白 | しろ | white, the colour |
| 白い | しろい | white, describing something |
| 面白い | おもしろい | interesting / amusing |
白 tends to carry the sound はく. They carry it; they do not all mean the same thing.
| Reading | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 白 | はく | white |
| 迫 | はく | urge, force |
| 泊 | はく | overnight stay, put up at |
| 拍 | はく | clap, beat (music) |
| 伯 | はく | chief, count |
| 舶 | はく | liner, ship |
| 柏 | はく | oak, cypress |
| 粕 | はく | scrap, waste |
| 狛 | はく | archaic part of Korea, lion-dog shrine guards |
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