Dino Kids
The kanji 白: meaning, readings and stroke order
白
- Meaning
- white
- On reading
- ハク haku、ビャク byaku
- Kun reading
- しろ shiro、しら* shira、しろ（い） shiroi、しら（む）* shiramu、しら（ける）* shirakeru
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 白 white
- Level
- Level 1 · grade 1
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- màu trắng (bạch)
- Japanese
- しろい。
- Korean
- 하얀색 (백)
- Chinese
- 白色
Readings, words and example sentences
ハク haku · on reading
空白
blank space
ここは 空白に して おきます。
I'll leave this part blank.
ビャク byaku · on reading · less common
白夜
white night (sun at midnight)
白夜は とても めずらしいです。
White nights are very rare.
しろ shiro · kun reading
白
white (color)
白と 赤の 花が さいて います。
White and red flowers are blooming.
しろ（い） shiroi · kun reading
白い
white
白い 犬が はしって います。
A white dog is running.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 白 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 白 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 1 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.