| 575 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 470 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 447 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 798 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1470 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 823 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 495 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 445 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 676 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 689 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 888 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 559 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2543 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1294 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1763 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1501 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8813 | Morohashi |
| 2049 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1553 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1489 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1602 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 477 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
896 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 希 【キ】 dilute, rare, Greece
- 希少 【キショウ】 scarce, rare
- 古希 【コキ】 70th birthday, ancient Greek (language)
- 七十古希 【シチジュウコキ】 men seldom live to be seventy, few people live to be seventy
- 希有 【ケウ】 rare, uncommon
Kun reading compounds
- 稀 【まれ】 rare, seldom
- 稀に見る 【まれにみる】 rare, extraordinary, singular
- 類まれ 【たぐいまれ】 rare, exceptional, extraordinary, unique, incomparable, unparalleled, matchless
- ごく稀 【ごくまれ】 extremely rare
- 希う 【こいねがう】 to beg, to request, to beseech, to implore, to entreat
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のぞ、 のぞみ
- Korean:
- heui
Spanish
- raro
- poco
- deseo
- esperanza
- Grecia
Portuguese
- esperança
- pedir
- solicitação
- implorar
- Grécia
- diluir (ácido)
- raro
- poucos
- fenomenal
French
- espoir
- demander
- prier
- implorer
- dilution
- Grèce
- rare
- peu nombreux
- phénoménal
| 2944 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3f4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-5 | SKIP code |
| 4-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 4022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e0c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 語 【ゴ】 word, language, speech
- 語学 【ゴガク】 study of foreign languages, linguistics
- 標語 【ヒョウゴ】 motto, slogan, catchword
- 造語 【ゾウゴ】 coinage, invention of a new word, coined word
Kun reading compounds
- 語る 【かたる】 to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate, to recite, to chant, to indicate, to show
- 語るに落ちる 【かたるにおちる】 to let slip a secret, to let the cat out of the bag
- 語らう 【かたらう】 to talk, to tell, to recite, to pledge, to conspire with
Readings
- Korean:
- eo
Spanish
- palabra
- discurso
- lenguaje
- hablar
- conversar
- narrar
Portuguese
- palavra
- discurso
- língua
French
- langage
- mot
- raconter
| 209 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 124 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 112 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 274 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4374 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 231 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 87 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2136 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 67 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 67 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 154 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1685 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1944 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1040 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1402 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 353 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35533 | Morohashi |
| 1543 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5628 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 347 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 371 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 211 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 231 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3077 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-7 | SKIP code |
| 0166.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a9e | Unicode hex code |