希 — hope, beg, request

き希 hope

き

U+5E0C Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #896 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1602 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

hope
beg
request
pray
beseech
greece
dilute
rare
few
phenomenal

Readings

On'yomi: き ki け ke
Kun'yomi: まれ mare

word

き ki On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

希(き) ki rare 希(き) 望(ぼう) kibou hope 希(き) 少(しょう) kishou rare 希(き) 薄(はく) kihaku thin

Words by frequency and grade

4 words

Each dot is a word containing 希: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

乂 govern

ぬの布 linen

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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