12 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1
JLPT exam level N1

white, clear

Kun'yomi
  • しろ
  • ひか
On'yomi
  • コウ
Nanori
  • あきら
  • てる
  • あき
  • ひろ
  • ひろし

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

コウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

white, clear
コウ しろ.い ひか.る (Kentei 1, N1)
white
しろ ハク しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
revelation, tell, inform
コク つ.げる い (4th, N3)
cow
うし ギュウ ご (2nd, N4)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る カン ほ.す (6th, N2)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

bright (esp. of the moon) ②broad and empty
pearly white teeth
bright white moon
zinc sulfate heptahydrate
starry eyes and beautiful white teeth (said of beautiful women)
red lips and pearly white teeth (said of beautiful women)
shining brightly
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References

Unicode hex code 7693
JIS X 0208 1-66-11
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3105
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3875
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1180
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1513
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 800
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1092
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2934
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2941
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1639
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 22732X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2169
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4c8.13
Four corner code 2466.1