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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ハク、うす.い、うす-、-うす、うす.める、うす.まる、うす.らぐ、うす.ら-、うす.れる、すすき
Romaji: haku, usu.i, usu-, -usu, usu.meru, usu.maru, usu.ragu, usu.ra-, usu.reru, susuki
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  140
Frequency:  1009
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-3-13
Korean Reading:  bag
Chinese Reading:  bo4
Unicode:  8584
JIS:  4776

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2370
Nelson Index: 4075
New Nelson Index: 5225
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k13.11
Four Corner Index: 4414.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 1699
Gakken Index: 975
Japanese Names Index: 2569
Daikanwanjiten Index: 32083P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0941
Remembering the kanji Index: 227
Kanji Flashcards Index: 874
Kodansha Compact Index: 671
Kanji in Context Index: 799
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1534
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2093
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 232
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 242
Essential Kanji Index: 1091
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3004
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1948
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1850

Words

(うす)
light (e.g. colour, color)
薄い (うすい)
thin; pale; light; watery; dilute; sparse; weak (taste, etc.); slim (probability, etc.); small
希薄 (きはく)
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lean; weak; rarified; rarefied; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
薄める (うすめる)
to dilute; to water down
軽薄 (けいはく)
frivolous; superficial
(すすき、ススキ)
Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis); silver grass; zebra grass
薄れる (うすれる)
to fade; to become dim
薄型 (うすがた)
thin; slim; flat
薄膜 (うすまく、はくまく)
thin film
手薄 (てうす)
short of hands; insufficient
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