JLPT N2 · 7 strokes
Kanji 希: "hope, beg, request"
The kanji 希 means "hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece". It is written with 7 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read キ, ケ in on'yomi and まれ, こいねが.う in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キケ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
まれこいねが.う
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 7 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 4 |
| Frequency rank | 896 of 2,501 |
Common words with 希
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 希望hope; wish; aspiration · (bright) prospects; expectation
- 希少scarce; rare
- 希望者applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something
- 希薄thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; sparse (population) · lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient; tenuous (link)
- 希dilute · rare
- 希望的観測wishful thinking
- 希望の光ray of hope; glimmer of hope
- 希臘Greece
- 希少価値scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
- 希有rare; uncommon
- 希うto beg; to request; to beseech; to implore
- 希代uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
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