薄 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
道4Junior high level ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
- On
- ハクはく · haku
- Kun
- 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usu.i · usu · usu · usu.meru · usu.maru · usu.ragu · usu.ra · usu.reru · susuki
- Meaning
- thin; weak; slight
Stroke order
Origin
艹 "plant" with 溥 "spread thin": plants spread thinly — thin, weak.
Readings and examples
| Onハクはくhaku | 薄情はくじょう薄謝はくしゃ軽薄けいはく |
|---|---|
| Kunうすいusui | 薄いうすい薄着うすぎ品薄しなうす |
| Kunうすめるusumeru | 薄めるうすめる |
| Kunうすまるusumaru | 薄まるうすまる |
| Kunうすらぐusuragu | 薄らぐうすらぐ |
| Kunうすれるusureru | 薄れるうすれる |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 薄情はくじょう
cold-hearted
- 希薄きはく
thin; sparse
- 稀薄きはく
- 薄倖はっこう
- 軽佻浮薄けいちょうふはく
- 軽薄けいはく
- 薄暮はくぼ
- 澆薄ぎょうはく
Example
山の上は空気が薄い。
The air is thin at the top of the mountain.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)