The kanji 薄: meaning, readings and stroke order
薄
- Meaning
- thin, light
- On reading
- ハク haku
- Kun reading
- うす(い) usui、うす(める) usumeru、うす(まる) usumaru、うす(らぐ) usuragu、うす(れる) usureru
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 艸 grass
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- mỏng, nhạt (bạc)
- Japanese
- うすい。
- Korean
- 얇다, 옅다 (박)
- Chinese
- 薄、淡
Readings, words and example sentences
ハク haku · on reading · less common
薄情
cold-hearted, unkind
薄情な 人だと 言われました。
He was told that he was cold-hearted.
うす(い) usui · kun reading
薄い
thin, light (in color)
薄い 紙に 字を 書きます。
I write on thin paper.
うす(める) usumeru · kun reading · less common
薄める
to thin, to water down
水で 絵の具を 薄めます。
I thin the paint with water.
うす(まる) usumaru · kun reading · less common
薄まる
to become thin or light
雨で 色が 薄まりました。
The rain made the color fade.
うす(らぐ) usuragu · kun reading · less common
薄らぐ
to fade, to ease
いたみが 少しずつ 薄らぎます。
The pain eases little by little.
うす(れる) usureru · kun reading · less common
薄れる
to fade
記おくが 薄れて きました。
The memory is starting to fade.
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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.