Kanji

希

希

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

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

7 strokes

Radical

巾部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キ, ケ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

まれ

Nanori (Name Reading)

まれ

Common Readings

キ

Example sentences

希望 きぼう
私 は 将来 、 医者 に なる こと を 希望 しています 。

I hope to become a doctor in the future.

いかに いかに
いかに 困難 な 状況 でも 、 希望 を 捨てて は いけない 。

No matter how difficult the situation, you must not give up hope.

希少 きしょう
これ は この 地域 で しか 見られない 非常に 希少 な 鉱石 だ 。

This is a very rare mineral found only in this region.

捕獲 ほかく
研究者 たち は 希少 な 鳥 の 捕獲 に 成功 した 。

The researchers successfully captured the rare bird.

希薄 きはく
標高 が 高く なる と 、 酸素 は 希薄 に なる

Oxygen becomes thin at high altitudes.

希少価値 きしょうかち
この 限定版 の 時計 は 、 希少価値 が 高い 。

This limited-edition watch has high scarcity value.

Example Vocabulary

希望

きぼう

hope; wish; aspiration

希少

きしょう

rare; scarce

希望者

きぼうしゃ

希薄

きはく

thin; dilute; sparse; weak

希望的観測

きぼうてきかんそく

希望の光

きぼうのひかり

希

き

希

き

希少価値

きしょうかち

scarcity value; value created by rarity

希少種

きしょうしゅ

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