What does the kanji 白 mean?

The kanji 白 (shiroi) means "white". It is a JLPT N5 character.

What kanji is "shiroi"?

"shiroi" is written with the kanji 白, meaning "white". Its readings are onyomi (Chinese-derived) はく (haku), びゃく (byaku), kunyomi (native Japanese) しろい (shiroi). It is a JLPT N5 character.

How do you write the kanji 白?

Write 白 ("white") by following the correct stroke order. Use the interactive, step-by-step stroke order animation on this page to practise each stroke in sequence and build muscle memory.

What are the readings of 白?

白 has these readings: onyomi (Chinese-derived) はく (haku), びゃく (byaku), kunyomi (native Japanese) しろい (shiroi).

白“white” Kanjishiroi / haku

JLPT N5

How to write 白

白 (white) kanji stroke order diagram with numbered strokes

Meaning and readings

Meaning

white

Onyomi (音読み)

はく haku
びゃく byaku

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

しろ（い） shiro(i)

Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 白

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

白しろいベルトがついてるのがいいな。
I like the one with a white belt.
白い (しろい)
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俺おれの白しろのワイシャツ、どこ？
Where's my white dress shirt?
白 (しろ)
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ウエートレスはテーブルの上うえに白しろいテーブルクロスをかけた。
The waitress spread a white cloth over the table.
白い (しろい)
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Read 白 in a story

Short Japanese comics written so that every word in them is JLPT N5. One of them teaches this character — the match is on the words an episode teaches, not every character in its dialogue.