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白い

しろい

white, blank

Mnemonic

The sun just clearing the horizon, the whitest thing going. He smiles and the pub goes quiet, and she し, Roy ろい, the lot of them just stare: しろい.

Worth knowing

Also blank: 白紙 はくし is a blank sheet. 白 reads はく as well as しろ.

Built from

white
A pictograph. Usually read as the sun just breaking the horizon.

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