Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N2

896 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal

Kunyomi: まれ こいねが.う

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: はば

Meaning: turban, scarf

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

望する(きぼうする)   hope [v.t.]

求する(ききゅうする)   aspire to, seek

望者(きぼうしゃ)   candidate, a hopeful

Onyomi Examples

dilute, rare

キショウ scarce, rare

コキ 70th birthday, ancient Greek (language)

七十古 シチジュウコキ men seldom live to be seventy, few people live to be seventy

ケウ rare, uncommon

Kunyomi Examples

まれ rare, seldom

類稀 たぐいまれ rare, exceptional, extraordinary, unique, incomparable, unparalleled, matchless

ごく稀 ごくまれ extremely rare

こいねがう to beg, to request, to beseech, to implore, to entreat