| 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1097 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 釈明 【シャクメイ】 explanation, vindication
- 釈放 【シャクホウ】 release, liberation, acquittal
- 保釈 【ホシャク】 bail, releasing on bail
- 講釈 【コウシャク】 explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.), lecture, exposition, explanation (in a pompous fashion), (long-winded) lecture, storytelling
- 釈然 【シャクゼン】 fully satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.), happy, cleared of doubt
Readings
- Japanese names:
- しゃ
- Korean:
- seog
Spanish
- explicación
- interpretación
- perdón
- abreviatura de Buda
Portuguese
- explicação
French
- explication
- justification
| 802 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 885 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1214 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4809 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 660 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1841 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1395 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 595 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 605 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 763 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1800 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1876 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 997 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1349 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1927 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40120P | Morohashi |
| 1484 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6203 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1908 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2057 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1494 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2262 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6b5.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 2798.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 91c8 | Unicode hex code |