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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

希

Radical

Radical: 巾

Reading: はば

Meaning: turban, scarf

Strokes: 3

⼱

Examples

Examples with audio

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

Onyomi Examples

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

Kunyomi Examples

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

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