希 – hope, beg, request

7 strokesTaught in grade 4#896 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 希 means hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キ、ケ (ki, ke); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まれ、こいねが.う (mare, koinegau). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 巾 (no. 50).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キ	ki
On’yomi	ケ	ke
Kun’yomi	まれ	mare
Kun’yomi	こいねが.う	koinegau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 巾 (Kangxi radical 50). Components: ノ・一・巾.

Words using 希

希望きぼうhope

Example sentences

これが彼のたった一つの希望であった。

This was his one and only hope.

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Kanji with the same radical

市常席帰師幅帯幕布帳帽幣巾

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.