Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
grain
Parts:
rare, phenomenal, dilute (acid)
Kun:
まれまばら
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2232 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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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)
  • 珍稀 【チンキ】 unusual, rare
  • 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

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi1
Korean:
heui

Spanish

  • raro
  • fenómenal
  • diluido (ácido)

Portuguese

French

3286 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1640 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2182 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1523 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
805 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1099 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
25058 Morohashi
1189 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4145 New Nelson (John Haig)
2611 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2657 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5d7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-7 SKIP code
2492.7 Four corner code
1-21-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a00 Unicode hex code