薄
薄 — Dilute
dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass
On’yomiハク (haku)
Kun’yomiうすい (usui)
Kun’yomiうす- (usu)
Kun’yomi-うす (usu)
Kun’yomiうすめる (usumeru)
Kun’yomiうすまる (usumaru)
Stroke order (16 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 薄
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 希薄 | きはく kihaku | thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute |
| 薄れる | うすれる usureru | to fade; to become dim |
| 軽薄 | けいはく keihaku | frivolous; flippant; superficial |
| 精神薄弱 | せいしんはくじゃく seishinhakujaku | feeble-mindedness; intellectual disability |
| 肉薄 | にくはく nikuhaku | closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard |
| 薄い | うすい usui | thin (of an object); pale; light |
Study notes
薄 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1009 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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