薄
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
Meanings
dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass
Stroke Diagram
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
薄
(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