稀
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
形声。「禾」+音符「希」。「まばら」を意味する漢語｛稀｝を表す字。もと「希」が｛稀｝を表す字であったが、「禾」を加えた。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
rare, phenomenal, dilute (acid)
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- キ
- ケ
- Kun (native)
- まれ
- まばら
- Other languages
- 拼音xi1
- 한글heui
- Hán-ViệtHi
Basics
- Strokes
- 12 strokes
- Radical
- 禾(のぎ)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+7A00
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰禾希
Words using this kanji
- 稀まれrare, seldom
- 稀代きだい世にも稀なこと。 不思議なこと。uncommon, rare, extraordinary, matchless
- 稀覯きこう滅多に見られないこと。珍しいこと。「稀」は「まれ」、「覯」は「不意に会う」の意。rare (book, manuscript, etc.)
- 稀覯本きこうぼん滅多に見られない本。珍しい本。珍本。rare book
- 稀崩壊きほうかいrare decay
- 稀に見るまれにみるrare, extraordinary, singular
- 稀有元素きゆうげんそrare element
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
- 唏One part differs
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- 睎One part differs
- 絺One part differs
- 豨One part differs
Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-5-7- Four Corner
2492.7- Spahn–Hadamitzky
5d7.5- Heisig
- 2657
- Nelson
- 3286