# 白 — White

Frequency rank 232 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 市 (City), less common than 返 (Return).

- On’yomi: はく、びゃく
- Kun’yomi: しろ、しら
- Radical: 白 White (Kangxi 106)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

A dead man's face is shoved up against the paper screen and the hard beam burns every pore, lash and shadow off it.

In words:

- 白 しろ — white
- 白い しろい — white
- 白髪 しらが — white or grey hair,trendy hair bleaching

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