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薄

JLPT N2 16 strokes Frequency: #1009

Meanings

Dilute, Thin, Weak (tea), Pampas Grass

Radicals

艹

Decomposition

⿱艹溥

Etymology

Pictophonetic: grass

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 16

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 vertical right-to-left

3 vertical top-to-bottom

4 dot bottom-to-top

5 dot bottom-to-top

6 rising bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

9 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

10 horizontal bottom-to-top

11 horizontal bottom-to-top

12 vertical right-to-left

13 dot right-to-left

14 horizontal bottom-to-top

15 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

16 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ハク haku

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

すすき susuki

うす usu

Words Using This Kanji

188 words total

Other (20 words)

薄肉彫りうすにくぼり

bas-relief

薄茶うすちゃ

weak matcha

薄焼きうすやき

frying or baking something thin (e.g. thin omelette)

thin India ink

whitish

thin cloth

faint smile

half-wit

soft light

pale color

poor or inhospitable reception

thin, bordered mat

thinnish

weak-willed

light snowfall

thin clouds

light (flavor)

light red

lightweight fabric or clothing

佳人薄命かじんはくめい

beauties die young

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