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: キ, ケ
Composition: 乂 布
Radical: 巾
Reading: はば
Meaning: turban, scarf
Strokes: 3
希望する(きぼうする) hope [v.t.]
希求する(ききゅうする) aspire to, seek
希望者(きぼうしゃ) candidate, a hopeful
希 (キ) dilute, rare, Greece
希少 (キショウ) scarce, rare
古希 (コキ) 70th birthday, ancient Greek (language)
七十古希 (シチジュウコキ) men seldom live to be seventy, few people live to be seventy
希有 (ケウ) rare, uncommon
稀 (まれ) rare, seldom
稀に見る (まれにみる) rare, extraordinary, singular
類まれ (たぐいまれ) rare, exceptional, extraordinary, unique, incomparable, unparalleled, matchless
ごく稀 (ごくまれ) extremely rare
希う (こいねがう) to beg, to request, to beseech, to implore, to entreat