EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    white clothes; white robe

    看護婦は白衣を着ている。
    The nurse is dressed in white.
  2. white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.)

  3. commoner without rank (in ancient China)

    Historical term

  4. layperson

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Characters in this word

2
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white

Kun
しろ、しら-、しろ.い
On
ハク、ビャク
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
483 of 2500
Radical
white
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

あき、か、はっ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-2SKIP code
4c1.3The Kanji Dictionary
2600.0Four corner code
878deroo
767dUnicode hex code
1-39-82JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3095Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3863New Nelson (John Haig)
3493New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4305Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2175Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2929Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
37Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
37Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
266A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
216Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
79Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
22678Morohashi
65A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
205Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
205Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
37sakade
73Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
53henshall3
46Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
242crowley
44Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.2busy_people
1362Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
37Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bai2Pinyin reading
baeg, baeKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

garment, clothes, dressing

Kun
ころも、きぬ、-ぎ
On
イ、エ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1214 of 2500
Radical
clothes
WaniKani
Level 41

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-2-4, 3-3-3, 3-4-2SKIP code
5e0.1The Kanji Dictionary
0073.2Four corner code
465deroo
8863Unicode hex code
1-16-65JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4214Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5420New Nelson (John Haig)
2013New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2506Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1270Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1736Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
396Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
423Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1019A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
520Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
605Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34091Morohashi
420A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
677Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
690Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
341sakade
878Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
444henshall3
461Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
889Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1619Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
403Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi1, yi4Pinyin reading
euiKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
41WaniKani level