白 — white

Grade 1 kanji · 5 strokes · on'yomi haku · kun'yomi shiro.

The sun (日) with a ray shooting up — the blinding white light from the sun.

Example words

• 白い — shiroi — white
• 空白 — kuuhaku — blank space

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