薄 : Dilute

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Components:

艹溥

dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass

On 'yomi:

ハク(haku)

Kun 'yomi:

うす.い(usu.i) うす-(usū) -うす(usu) うす.める(usu.meru) うす.まる(usu.maru) うす.らぐ(usu.ragu) うす.ら-(usu.rā) うす.れる(usu.reru) すすき(susuki)

Strokes:	16
Radical:	艸 (140)
Usage Rating:	1009

JLPT:	N2
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	8

Unicode:	08584
jis208:	39-86

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薄 Usage examples

軽薄短小(けいはくたんしょう)	small and light
薄い板(うすいいた)	sheet, thin plate
薄い色(うすいいろ)	light color, light colour
薄紫色(うすむらさきいろ)	orchid, light purple
薄様(うすよう) 薄葉(うすよう)	thin Japanese paper (esp. vellum paper), Japanese tissue
薄ら馬鹿(うすらばか)	simpleton, dimwit, sluggard
髪が薄い(かみがうすい)	having thin hair
期待薄(きたいうす)	not to be depended on, of little hope
興味が薄い(きょうみがうすい)	uninteresting
情が薄い(じょうがうすい)	coldhearted, hardhearted
擦れて薄くなる(すれてうすくなる)	to wear thin
薄紗(はくさ)	delicate gauze, gossamer
薄光(はっこう)	faint light, pale light
分が薄い(ぶがうすい)	thin
水で薄める(みずでうすめる)	to water down, to dilute with water
アポロ薄羽白蝶(アポロうすばしろちょう)	parnassian butterfly
薄(うす)	light (e.g. colour, color)
薄ら(うっすら) 薄っすら(うっすら)	slightly, lightly, thinly, faintly, dimly
影が薄い(かげがうすい)	in the background, not standing out
薄味(うすあじ)	bland, mild-tasting, lightly seasoned, insipid
残忍酷薄(ざんにんこくはく)	cruel, brutal, atrocious, merciless
美人薄命(びじんはくめい)	beauty and fortune seldom go together, the beautiful die young
薄商い(うすあきない)	light trading, low volume of transactions
薄暗がり(うすくらがり)	semi-darkness, dusk, twilight, poor light
薄羽蜉蝣(ウスバカゲロウ)	ant lion (esp. species Hagenomyia micans)
薄靄(うすもや)	thin mist, light mist
薄汚れる(うすよごれる)	to get slightly dirty (all over)
精薄者(せいはくしゃ)	mentally-handicapped person (pejorative), retarded person
軽薄才子(けいはくさいし)	shallow, glib and obsequious person
皮相浅薄(ひそうせんぱく)	shallow and unwise, superficial and thoughtless
薄型(うすがた)	thin, slim, flat
薄型テレビ(うすがたテレビ)	flat-panel television (TV), thin-screen television (TV), thin-model flat-screen television (TV), flat-screen TV
薄暮れ(うすぐれ)	evening, twilight
薄明るい(うすあかるい)	slightly bright
薄闇(うすやみ)	very dim light
酷薄無情(こくはくむじょう)	cold-hearted, merciless, ruthless
薄紙を剥ぐように(うすがみをはぐように) 薄紙をはぐように(うすがみをはぐように)	little by little (recovering after an illness), slowly but surely
お薄(おうす) 御薄(おうす)	weak matcha