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薄 うす.い、うす-、-うす、うす.める、うす.まる、うす.らぐ、うす.ら-、うす.れる、すすき 薄い(うすい): (1) thin (2) pale; light (3) watery; dilute; sparse (4) weak (taste, etc.) (5) slim (probability, etc.); small薄暗い(うすぐらい): dim; gloomy薄める(うすめる): to dilute; to water down薄弱(はくじゃく): feebleness; weakness; weak S 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140)溥: far and wide 艸 6 (none) dilute Note This character belongs to a set of characters which share the flower/water primitive such as:: dilute (#227), fall (#299), clan (#1912), and seaweed (#2035).... (落 薄 藩 藻) It may be helpful to create a primitive keyword for this occurrence (like seaweed or watering can) which can save a lot of time distinguishing them from characters like Sino 満 and Full 満, where the water primitive is larger than the flower primitive.

Accepted Answer

ハク dilute, thin, weak (tea) 2 1009 16 140 くさ・くさかんむり 形声 Phonetic A Dr. missing his needle can only use dilute flower water for medicine.

Kanji	薄
Onyomi	ハク
Kunyomi	うす.い、うす-、-うす、うす.める、うす.まる、うす.らぐ、うす.ら-、うす.れる、すすき
English	dilute, thin, weak (tea)
Examples	薄い(うすい): (1) thin (2) pale; light (3) watery; dilute; sparse (4) weak (taste, etc.) (5) slim (probability, etc.); small 薄暗い(うすぐらい): dim; gloomy 薄める(うすめる): to dilute; to water down 薄弱(はくじゃく): feebleness; weakness; weak
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1009
Components	艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 溥: far and wide
Number of Strokes	16
Kanji Radical	艸
Radical Number	140
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	くさ・くさかんむり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	dilute
Koohii Story 1	A Dr. missing his needle can only use dilute flower water for medicine.
Koohii Story 2	Note This character belongs to a set of characters which share the flower/water primitive such as:: dilute (#227), fall (#299), clan (#1912), and seaweed (#2035).... (落薄藩藻) It may be helpful to create a primitive keyword for this occurrence (like seaweed or watering can) which can save a lot of time distinguishing them from characters like Sino 満 and Full 満, where the water primitive is larger than the flower primitive.

Weak Water Dilute Primitive 薄 Flower Characters Seaweed