白 – JLPT N5 Kanji, Kanji for white (With 3D Visualization)
Kanji for white
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白
- Meanings
- white
- Onyomi
- ハク
- Kunyomi
- しろ, しろ.い
- Name Readings
- あき, か, はっ
- JLPT
- N5
- Grade
- 1
- Frequency
- -
- Kanji Writing Practice
- Practice
Stroke Order
Story
The kanji 白 started as a drawing of the sun (日) with an extra line added to show a shining beam of light. In ancient times, this symbol meant something bright or pure — like sunlight or something reflecting light. Over the years, it came to mean “white,” the color that reflects all light, and also came to represent purity, honesty, and cleanliness in Japanese culture.
Short Story
White (白) shows the bright sun with an extra line for its shining light — the symbol of purity, brightness, and honesty.
Mnemonic
Think of the sun (日) with a beam of pure light shining from it — that’s 白, the color white, bright and clean like sunlight.
Vocabulary Examples
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 白 | しろ | white | common JLPT-N5 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 白 | しら | white | Prefix |
| 白 | はく | white | Noun |
| 銀 | ぎん | silver (Ag) | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 白い | しろい | white | common JLPT-N5 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 素人 | しろうと | amateur, layman, ordinary person, novice | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 白状 | はくじょう | confession | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 白衣 | はくい | white clothes, white robe | common Noun |
| 白書 | はくしょ | white paper (government report) | common Noun |
| 白内障 | はくないしょう | cataract | common Noun |