はく
Meanings
Noun
1. white clothes; white robe
2. white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.)
when read as "はくい"
3. commoner without rank (in ancient China)
when read as "はくい, はくえ"
4. layperson
when read as "びゃくえ, はくえ, しろきぬ, しろぎぬ"
Kanji used
white
garment
Pitch accent
くい
Top 8900
Composed of
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person
clothing; garment; dress
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
nurse; (lit.) angel in white
Examples (3 in total)
Tom was wearing a white lab coat.
A nurse wears white.
The doctor was in a white gown over a blue suit.